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Keep in mind that most people don't really care much about what you exactly do. They are starting a conversation. They are being friendly. Don't get all existen
by kirubakaran 17y ago
Keep in mind that most people don't really care much about what you exactly do. They are starting a conversation. They are being friendly. Don't get all existential on them and feel like you have to justify your life. You are only going to come off as an insecure whiny neurotic if you go off on a monologue.
- roc 17y agoExactly. Social exchanges aren't graded test questions. You don't need to be perfectly accurate or precise. Best to keep things high level so the conversation only goes to the level of depth in a topic that the participants are all interested in. As a stereotypical socially stunted geek, I was late in figuring that out. And it still takes effort to practice. E.g. Initially I had my whole 'conversation is a pathfinding problem through a social graph of interests' theory typed out in this comment. And that's far too much, too fast.
- astrec 17y agoI would have expected a social elevator pitch to be a no brainer for a bunch of entrepreneurial hackers.