One interesting remark about the status and contacts, is that it may cost 10 times less money, and half or a quarter of the time, to get the exact same contacts and status if you optimize for contacts and status than if you actually were pursuing a PHD. But people usually are not willing to go outside that outside the box box.
Have you ever seen this actually work? It’s usually pretty obvious to me when someone is pursuing this strategy and I usually avoid such people because they are trying to extract value from me without much to offer in return.
Have you ever seen this actually work? It’s usually pretty obvious to me when someone is pursuing this strategy and I usually avoid such people because they are trying to extract value from me without much to offer in return.
When someone wants to befriend you despite not belonging to your class you run away?
For me, I would minimise contact if this person appears overly ingratiating,