If You Don’t Network, You Can’t Get That Promotion!

I remember playing the Sims and thinking, “Really? Who would promote someone based on how many people that person knows?” Well, as it turns out, plenty of people get their jobs based on just that.

I’m a gamer and a writer, and I’m about to find myself unemployed thanks to budget cuts. I graduated cum laude and with honors in major this past May. You’d think that would help me a little, but when there are people out there with 15 years of experience going after the same entry level job that I am, it’s difficult. Lots of things have fallen through, lots of opportunities dried up. It’s frustrating, but aside from getting myself and my writing out on the web, there isn’t anything I can do about it.

Which is where you and this blog come in. I want readers, and I’m pretty determined to prove that my hobby isn’t just some throwaway fad that’s overstayed its welcome. Sure, my mom still thinks I’m crazy for having “video game journalist” listed as my dream job, but she works in a position she hates. I’m just not doing that. I’ve learned a lot from my years in front of the T.V. and the computer, and I’m going to use it. Yeah, it sounds like a silly idea. What could a person possibly have learned from a game besides Carmen Sandiego’s fondness for landmarks and Quito, Ecuador? Well, there are plenty of real life lessons to be found in video games. Like that little gem above.