Some View Networking As Fake. How Do You See It?

I wouldn't call it fakeness, I’d call it operating with limited information.

In college - you go in with the same few questions. “Where are you from?”, “What are you studying?” For me, meeting parents at my kids’ school during open house, it's “I’m so and so’s dad. Who’s your kid?”

It's not fake. It's the natural dynamics of meeting new people. And then eventually you’re going on trips or having people over for dinner that you didn't know a year prior.

Or in college or early career development, you may end up working together or working for someone.

I'm a big believer in that you start with the information you're given and build on it from there.