For anyone out there who’s as bewildered by the mysteries of good networking as I am, I found a great series of posts by veteran video game conference networker Darius Kazemi. His system pretty much boils down to nipping off and subtly taking notes on everyone you meet at a games-related event, not just looking for the big guys. You never know when a name will come in handy!
“I was at an interview at a game company, and I saw someone working there who I recognized as “the guy I had Mexican food with who went to school in Texas.” Right there I discretely checked my Palm, found “Mexican food, from Texas” guy, the name rang a bell, and I called out his name. He was happy to see me, and mortally embarassed that he didn’t remember my name. I didn’t hold it against him.”
All his stuff can apply to any networking situation, not just games. Check out the full series of networking articles at Tiny Subversions.
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February 21st, 2006 at 3:25 pm
Ooh, this’ll come in handy when I’m at the GDC next month. :D
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Hey, you got that volunteering/usher/security job thingy you were going for a while back, huh? Congrats! (unless I’m thinking of entirely the wrong person)
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:59 pm
That was me, all right!