What types of jobs allow you to be successful with minimal/zero networking?

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Back end engineering and programming / UX/UI design

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Data engineer, coder, scientist of any kind, sports, medicine, doctors, electrical or mechanical engineering, any kind of manufacturing skill, pretty much any job that requires a “hard skill” as opposed to soft skills.

However if by “zero networking” you mean not even being able to communicate with coworkers , you will find very very few jobs

You words remind me of myself but 10 yrs younger when I first moved to US. If you are in consulting or business roles, it won’t ever go away. On the contrary it will only increase.

Figure it out. Don’t do it transactionally or to sweet talk people. Smart people will figure it out and it’s not truly networking. For me I stopped actively thinking about it and didn’t do anything special. Simply made friends and impressed clients with my work over the years and my “network” automatically grew. Don’t try too hard, let it be organic

Maybe government worker too, assuming you don't have to run for office or are a political appointee.

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