The first time was quite scary, but it was a challenge I set for myself.<p>There was this group that were louder and generally &quot;more alive&quot; than the rest. So I approached them, and lurked for a while, after a few minutes I said hi and introduced myself, and that&#x27;s it!<p>After that I threw myself out of my comfort zone at every event. My goal was to meet as many interesting people as I could, and I did.<p>I was young back then, probably one of the youngest at those kind of events (that probably helped).