Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
Last week I suggested that, to help promote professional geekiness and the fan-to-pro idea, that you speak at a convention and share your knowledge (or at least horror stories). OK, so far so good, maybe you're even doing that.
So let's take it farther and reach even more people.
I want you to go to a convention and inspire/run/create a career TRACK.
Well it's quite a good week to be focusing on one of my favorite subjects – promoting professional geekery, the idea that people can (and in many cases) should turn what they love into a career. It's "Speak Out With Your Geek Out" and let me focus on #4: Starting The Damn Blog.
Why not just Starting The Blog? Because you (and others) have thought about a blog so often that it's not just "the blog I want to start" it's "the damn blog I should get to."
So, start it.
So you want to promote professional geekery, the idea of doing what you like as a hobby, the idea that what YOU love can be a profession. There's other people who are glad to promote people's careers too, the recruiters.
Know what? They need help. They need your help.