Go to your local 2600 meeting. Or, find a volunteer group; they all need computer people. Then expand your role to something that requires people interaction.

Go to your local 2600 meeting. Or, find a volunteer group; they all need computer people. Then expand your role to something that requires people interaction. Otherwise, you'll get the mushroom treatment: they'll keep you in the dark and feed you cow feces. Either way, you'll get to practice socializing, which is a skill like any other (think of it as learning to code recursively) and get to meet some new people, some of whom might become friends.