Well, even without the networking and stuff, I'm reasonably sure I would have eventually found something, yeah. The open questions, to me, are "how much longer would it have taken?" and "would it have paid as well?"

But my point was more that I was able to shortcut a lot of the usual rigmarole that it takes to get hired. And to the extent that I did go through any of it, it was obviously just a formality and there was no pressure or whatever, like you might normally expect. It's also just a nice ego boost to know you're wanted enough to where you can lose one job and have another lined up in a few hours.