Only accept jobs from people you already know well and trust. Obviously this introduces a recursive problem, so you might need to take one or two not so great j

Only accept jobs from people you already know well and trust. Obviously this introduces a recursive problem, so you might need to take one or two not so great jobs first in order to catch your hare. For those, select jobs where the people you meet are impressive. Don't care so much about the product, market. Focus on the people.