Combining Careers And Interests: Who you work for

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So you want to make sure you live your geek interests as part of your career?  I've discussed how you can do that with what you do, and what you create, so let's look at another way.

You can live your interests in who you work for.

There are companies and businesses you can work for, clients you can support and consult for, that do things that fit your interests, your geekery, your otakudom.  In working for them you can support the things you care about and are interested in even if you don't use "geeky skills" or even have much involvement in actual product.

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Book Review: Highly Effective Networking by Orville Pierson

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Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job
by Orville Pierson
# ISBN-10: 1601630506
# ISBN-13: 978-1601630506
 

PROS:

  • A sober, straightforward system for networking for a new job.
  • Builds on Pierson's past work effectively.
  • A refreshing, low-key change to the "supernetworking" books.

CONS:

  • Repeats some previous material.
  • The system presented is very intense, and may take effort to adapt to a lower-key job search.

SUMMARY: A book on career networking with the network you have, and how to do it in an organized manner.  A good purchase if you want to improve your network use or use Pierson's techniques.

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Frustration Friday: Bye-Bye Retirement Plan

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Man I miss my retirement plan.

Oh it's not I don't have one, or am not working on one, it's just I miss the one I had before the Great Recession.  The one that was soberly planned, carefully laid out, and based on what turned out to be a naive idea of some levels of market stability and predictability.  Sure I had ups and downs in mind, but not the entire re-alignment of the world financial system.

You know what I'm talking about.

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