I've gotten jobs where I don't know anyone, based on my qualifications & references. I doubt that any job I got where I did know someone was based purely on them knowing me - they also knew the quality of my work. But I'm sure there are situations where people are hired purely based on who they know. It's just not the norm in my sphere.
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If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, mid-1800s
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