Careers and Transitory Works: How to Step Up

I was watching Sym-Bionic Titan, Genndy Tartakovsky latest work, and it felt as if he was using it to experiment and stretch himself.  Of course this is the man whose done work for such beloved animation work as Dexter's Laboratory, the Powerpuff Girls, and Samurai Jack.  He's a man of considerable talent, but this latest series felt as if he was creating something new, something to go a bit farther – to transition himself to an even more advanced set of skills and work.

"A transitional work" is what I christened it.  It inspired me to talk about the fact that many of us need do have works that let us change who we are and what we do in our careers.  It also gives me an excuse to go from giant robots to discussing your career – something I love to do.

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Fannish Skills On The Job Search – Organization

So last week we talked about how your fan-based networking skills may help on the job search.  There's oe more issue I want to address – and its a skillset that many geeks, fans, otaku, gamers, etc. develop in their hobbies that they don't realize nearly enough.

Organization.

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Fannish Skills On The Job Search – Networking

(Last week we talked Webmastery from fandom to job search.  Now let's move on to Networking . . .)

Fandom is a fantastic place for an active Networker.  You develop your networking skills.  You learn to use tools that are good for networking, like Twitter and Facebook.  You meet a lot of interesting people.  Even a dedicated introvert can become a great networker in fandom.

If you're on the job search, then the networking skills and opportunities you get in fandom are things you're going to want to leverage.

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