To accomplish almost anything on this planet you have to network with other people. That includes feeding yourself consistently day to day, holding a job and ac

To accomplish almost anything on this planet you have to network with other people. That includes feeding yourself consistently day to day, holding a job and acquiring any amount of formal education. Speaking in strict terms, humans are nearly useless without other humans. What's the point of the criticism exactly, when typically even the most basic of accomplishments requires social networking between people? It makes perfect sense that one of the most valuable skills, and most valuable assets you can possess, is networking with other people. There are a lot of success examples of people that were not born into super valuable social networks. From Marc Andreessen to Jack Dorsey, from Jack Ma to Larry Ellison, from Robert Noyce to Jerry Sanders. You know how I got my first VC round ever? I built a prototype (wasn't great), I was entirely self-taught in all regards (not a single minute of formal education in my trade), and I emailed a prominent venture capitalist cold. It was built in a few months, on an old raggedy PC with a shitty monitor, using free software. I came from nowhere, poorville USA, with not a single connection to anyone in the tech industry. What I had, is something to demonstrate. The only critical, truly valuable components in all of that, is that I self-educated and I took the initiative to reach out and connect (it costs little other than the willingness to have doors shut in your face until one opens). The US happens to possess the world's greatest public library system. There are in fact few excuses. Email people, connect, start networking, contribute, read some books about how to do it from your nearby public library. How much do you want it? I wanted it pretty bad, it's a choice you make.