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> Or maybe you see a purpose, but you're failing to realize that purpose? This is the main reason. When I attend these events, I enjoy it and find it interest

> Or maybe you see a purpose, but you're failing to realize that purpose? This is the main reason. When I attend these events, I enjoy it and find it interesting. But as soon as time passes on (say a week or two), I feel like I wasted more time on these events than necessary because it messed up with my schedules and deadlines. The extra time comes as result of follow-ups after the event, the wait-time for decisions, and so on. If there is no follow-up, then it will not be beneficial at all and it loses all the purpose of having to attend it. So it's hard trying to find the right balance between these things and work. Therefore, I asked the question so that even if I attend few of these events, I can create reliable connections out of it instead of having to repeat the same process repeatedly? Hope this clarifies a little bit more.

yosito 5y ago
Maybe you could clarify what outcome you are looking for. Are you looking for a job? Are you looking for peers to work on projects with? Are you looking for friends? Are you looking for mentors? Clarifying the outcome you want will help you clarify which followup is useful, if any. I'm an extrovert and my usual desired outcome is to find friends, coworkers and travel buddies. So at events I usually have conversations about common interests and add them on social media so we can invite each other to future plans that we're interested in. Sometimes I meet people I might be interested in working with this way too. But for me, it's rarely happened that I end up working with someone I met at a social event.