I completely agree with the article. Not a week goes by where I don't see this reinforced further. Just had lunch today with a guy I met through a meetup, and i

I completely agree with the article. Not a week goes by where I don't see this reinforced further. Just had lunch today with a guy I met through a meetup, and it might lead to paying work of some kind if I wanted it. A lot of the stereotypical application process and resume paradigm is all about filtering out and sorting random strangers who ping you across the transom. And it's only a proxy for the thing you want, not the thing you want directly. By going around that, by avoiding it, you avoid a lot of the pain and inefficiency that's experienced on both sides of the table. Go meet people directly. Show them what you're like. Smile. Laugh. Be kind. Don't smell bad. Be efficient. Do good work. Put examples of your stuff out there. Be findable. Be ambient. Increase your "surface area" and more opportunities will come to you. And if you're prepared when those opportunities present themselves, and you recognize them, you suddenly experience "luck" (where luck = preparation + opportunity.)