Week 3 EOC: Deeper Meaning of Swingers

I really enjoyed the way the movie Swingers integrate the idea of the social networking with something that nearly everyone has experience with, dating.  The most important part of properly networking is confidence, not cockiness.  Vince Vaughn's character is the perfect example of that in the movie, and very clearly is highly successful with nearly every interaction he has in the entire movie.  Jon Favreau's character is at a low point in his life, and he lets that show through his moments in meeting girls in the movie.  The movie shows that you have to balance talking with being talked to, also known as conversation, and how a person can get turned off very quickly if a  conversation is too one sided. All of the character's in the movie are in a constant state of going around to bar's, people's houses, restaurants, and parties just to make new connections with interesting people, and if a party is 'dead' then its time to pick up and go to the next one. All the characters talk about at these parties are their careers, and to see their friends and see how their careers are going. This is just more networking in action. The most important thing is you'll never know when or where you'll make the connection that moves you up in your field.  Always ask for a number, the movie tells us, which more or less relates to a business card.  The way the movie perfectly represents all of this in the movie through a romantic comedy setting is quite stellar, and I've definitely learned a thing or two from watching it.