It's Not What You Know It's Who You Know

I had my third Chicago Beer Society meeting tonight and I think that I make great leaps tonight. I learned a lot from a teacher that teaches a $1300 homebrewing course, but more importantly I made some more contacts that are invaluable. In fact he established that if you want to make a name for yourself you should go to a homebrew conference and people will start to reconize you. I meet the brewer at the local brewpub that I previously made a point of meeting but never expected to meet at events that I plan to usually attend. I was surprised by his age. He is 32 and invited me to join him for early previews of his newly tapped beer. I think that he actually reconized me from one of my many visits to his brewpub. Now that I have met him I much more open to take him up on his offer. And if I ever get to the point that I can't take my job anymore I have a contact that could lead to a job that I would actually want. I guess that it is not so bad to be a networking whore as one of my former roomates so aptly put it. Thanks Andy. I just feel that I know what I want to do but I have some reservation about doing it. Perhaps I need to follow my own advice. Hopefully I will get there at some point.