Networking and the Campanile

While searching across Berkeley campus for the elusive Alumni House before a networking seminar, I captured the Sather Tower (the campanile) reciting the Cal motto "let there be light" with literalness. Inspired, I entered the cozy forum ready to be enlightened by networking tips from a career consultant. At the end of the session, my lofty expectations came away unfulfilled. The guy did nothing but made a formal presentation of common sense. "Keep in touch with as many people as you can." "Work your contacts so they will have an interest in your success." "Offer as much as you take." All good advice, but nothing particularly illuminating.