Professional networking: The modern dichotomy

"I've got 2,191 LinkedIn connections! I'm so networked!" But are you, sir? Are you?

Here's one of the first issues with professional networking. In the modern era, with so many "thought leaders" and their associated 127K Twitter followers out there, we're getting tons of generic advice on what networking should really be and look like. Here's an example. Hundreds of articles will tell you that "first impressions are everything," which …