In the undergrad university scene that is being discussed I&#x27;m having a hard time visualising what &quot;direct networking&quot; would look like.<p>However, I can confidently say there&#x27;s a big difference in the bond formed between two people chugging beer bongs together vs asking someone in a lecture if they&#x27;d like to have lunch.<p>I also think the party scene would be difficult to replicate in terms of the sheer size of your potential network (I make no assertation about the objective quality of that network, but the article suggests it&#x27;s not what be predisposed to think).<p>Anecdotally, I&#x27;ve got lifelong friends from both camps; but the people I lean on now in my professional development are the people I partied (hard) with at university.