Networking is a good idea. Any head hunter or career advisor will tell you that. Generally speaking it is a very classy thing to do to walk up to a stranger, make friends, hand over your business card, and begin a long friendship over two martini lunches. Using people, however, is a bad idea. It is a tacky thing to do. Using people as a means to your ends devalues the other person, and, generally speaking reflects badly on the user.
Which is why I'm puzzled: when did networking become synonymous with using people? If you, dear Networker, are interested in someone merely for what they can do for you, know that it comes through, and that I think its tacky.
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