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Start building your UX network *now*.
And *virtually network* now. Find interesting people;
connect with them. Try to reach out to people who are doing something very specifically
what you want to do and say, 'Hey, can we talk?'
Be physically present at UX events. Find local meetups in your area.
You know – certainly virtual is good, but *physical goes a long way*,
being in person, being able to interact with people,
hearing a topic together, being able to network afterwards.
You build your network that way.
You know – maybe it's very surfacey connections, but it's that loose association

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of people that you're connected with who will get you your job,
not your tight network. Your tight network probably doesn't know the right people;
your loose association probably does.
So, *build that loose association now*.
Be a *UX-community volunteer*.
Make a commitment to help others
at meetups; I was very involved in UXPA,
first in the local DC chapter.
And I helped run events. And I'll tell you...
the most easy way, easy path to get people

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to want to talk to you is be running the event, be handing out drink tickets,
be – you know – registering people as they walk into the meetup.
Also volunteer,
but it's – you're very, very visible.