Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
(This is a launch of anew series on ways people can reconcile their interests, hobbies, fandom, and geekery with their careers. In it I will explore the different options we have to turn what we love into what we make a living at).
One of the surest ways to combine what you like to do with how you make money is this:
Do something you enjoy doing for a living skill-wise.
The problem with the job search is that we think of it as something we do and that's it. We think of it as an effort, and an effort we hopefully get done with. We're wrong.
A job search is applying a skill – the skill of doing an effective job searching.
I met Cheng (Lily) Li in one of my many rounds of conventions. She's a
fascinating example of how people can share an combine their loves –
she's both an artist and a Life Sciences Research Assistant at
Stanford. Not only does she do fannish work, she does detailed
scientific illustration – you can find much more at her website, http://www.lilycli.com/.
A person who combines fandom, art, and science sounds like someone
with quite a story to tell, and Lily was nice enough to let me interview
her.