Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
If you were on an interview for your ideal job, would you have mentioned the most recent Comic-Con? The latest game releases? The recent travails of smartphones or tablets?
Maybe you should have.
One of the things about being, well, the geeks and fans and otaku we are, is we're often painfully well informed about news issues, at least with stuff we like. We know about conventions and releases, games and manga, shipping issues and scandals. We know a lot of stuff.
And all those companies you may want to send a resume to for July, 2010 are . . .
And that's what stood out last month. Now come on, get those resumes ready, click the links, and start seeing if your future employer is there!
You can find previous articles on Customer Service and Business Sense.
If you're a fan, you're probably ambitious in at least some way – you've got fanfic or fanart, leaderboards to rise up in your games, conventions to run. If you think about it, your fandom goals often take a lot of planning, organizing, achieving, and initiative.
If you're a fan, you've probably been learning a lot about Entrepreneurship.