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Bottom line: social skills is what gets you jobs.

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social skills alone doesn't get you the interview, though.[/quote]

I guess you did not play Lacrosse at UNC, UVA or Duke so you know nothing.  Those guys get high paying jobs because they have good social skills[b] plus good connections[/b].[/quote]
? that's not the same as getting interviews. They used their connections to get those interviews.  OP's DC doesn't have those connections, so what would good social skills do?[/quote]

DP.  If you have good social skills, you will do well at technology conferences and have plenty of opportunities there.  You just need to work harder to find/establish connections than someone who played lacrosse in college.  [/quote]
would've been a lot simpler to major or minor in some tech field.  [/quote]

How so?[/quote]
If you are going to a tech conference to get a job, you should've just majored in tech.  An English major is not going to have an easy time networking and discussing about tech at a tech conference.

If you were a math major, at least there's some correlation, but it's like a STEM major going to a legal conference and trying to get a job in the legal profession.  Completely opposite ends of the spectrum.

Sure, an English major can get a job as a tech writer, but those tech conferences are heavy duty about tech. They aren't looking for tech writers.[/quote]

I attended Black hat Defcon in Las Vegas this year and it was packed.  Lots of tech geeks there with very few women.  Those geeks really drooled over those women.  I ran into a few humanities majors turned self-taught cybersecurity people.  Even if you are a recent humanities grad, if you talk to enough people there, you will get multiple opportunities.  Techies love to talk about what they do, just listen and you will do fine.[/quote]

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