For me "yes man" technique didn't work as well, I gained very little out of it. Every opportunity/experience I had can be summed up in three categories: Firstly, people used me to gain something for themselves with no return for me. Secondly, I got into some shitty parties, where people just binge-drink, listen to mainstream music and have pointless boring conversations, next day you feel like shit and skip morning workout. And lastly I went to cinema to see boring mainstream movies.

What I'm currently working on is to be the one who initiate, who asks people out and not the one who just nod his head. This way I hope to create events that I will like, but I'm not there yet. For example instead of going to some Avengers movie that I don't like, I asked my neighbour to go with me on festival of short student movies. I enjoyed it and I socialized as well. My neighbour didn't know these kind of movies existed, so in his mind I will be associated with this new experience. That's a win I think. Or once I helped organize alcohol-free vegan keto party and it was ton of fun.