Networking is a pyramid scheme for extroverts. Here's what works for the rest.
The year is 2012. A graduate student in art history uploads JavaScript experiments online. He doesn't attend meetups. He doesn't hand out business cards. A week later, a Google recruiter contacts him. Four years later, his framework competes with products from Facebook and Google. His name is Evan You, and he never engaged in "networking" in the traditional sense. He simply made things public.