I haven't done much networking lately. Even if I had good social skills and 0 anxiety, something about networking still makes me feel uncomfortable. I don't like the idea of networking just to get jobs because it feels like I'm using people as a means to an end, and they're also using me for the same reason. Lets face it, if I network with, say, 50 people, I will probably never be friends with most of them. I will only have them as a resource to fall on for my job search. And after I'm done with job search, I will not contact them until the next job search. It feels so shallow. But maybe I shouldn't care because many people don't.