Professional Networking 101: What and why does a network matter in 2025?

Answer: more than it ever did before

Last week, I shot out a Bluesky post that I screenshotted for Instagram purposes:

While writing this, I am still under contract at Genius and still happily contributing to my team as needed. The conversation with my manager about off-ramping my time was honestly a relief more than anything, because months of non-clarity over scope of work took it’s toll …