Relationships...

It still amazes me how much even on the web is relationship-based. So how do you gain and keep relationships? Gaining seems to be facilitated in many cases of going through a shared experience, sometimes it's a good one and sometimes it's not, but having that connection is key. Keeping it is even more tricky as you want have a connection that is mutually beneficial and it is hard a lot of the time to figure out if that is the case and really it seems a bit disinginuine to only have relationships because of what the other person can do for you. So, it is best to do as much as you can within reason for your relationships and hopefully if you get a position you need the other person's help it doesn't seem like an imposition at all to ask...