Another headline to grab attention but not really provide all that much information. "So while conventional wisdom says to network aggressively, I don’t necessarily agree." That is not the point of networking. When you network in college its to get a job in your field. Not any job, not to make friends, but to make inroads.

If the author had networked with people closer to his business market, he could have potentially got advice that worked instead of spending time speaking to people far removed from his day to day work.