I'll be speaking at Kin Yoobi Con on August 8th! It's a fun con in the Bay Area run by a crack group of people. A 1 day event, very neat.
– Steven Savage
Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
I'll be speaking at Kin Yoobi Con on August 8th! It's a fun con in the Bay Area run by a crack group of people. A 1 day event, very neat.
– Steven Savage
I like to network. A lot. Sure Networking is indispensable to your career (we've all heard that beofre), but frankly I consider it indispensable to life. I enjoy it. I get into it.
Realizing not everyone gets into it, I wanted to spell out some pointers that may help people get into the "networking rush."
Have you every worried you're not geeky enough for your job?
A weird thing to say when many of us don't want to discuss our extensive addiction to Legend of the Five Rings in a job interview, but it's actually a factor. Jobs like game programmer, artist, writer, reviewer, etc. are positions where you're expected to have a certain level of geek on display. Believe it or not, people do worry about it.
Think of your geekiness as a way of displaying certain talents, affiliations, and even knowledges and competencies. There are expectations people have, and you may find yourself actually being NOT geeky enough – or at least worrying that during that vital interview with the guy who has multiple piercings, your business outfit may have seemed a tad . . . boring.
I've had to deal with this. I still do in some cases as I'm a Project Manager in IT – I am PAID to be the dull guy with Gantt charts, spreadsheets, and organizational skill. I just do it in geeky jobs, and need to communicate my passion about the subject matter before I discuss my love-hate relationship with Team Foundation Server.