I saw an article on this guy Khan, Sal Khan. He's making waves and money (yeah he's making money) with a new wave on online education. I am not saying he's getting rich- I am just saying he's not starving. Besides his webcam needs improving/upgrading.
Still what he presents is an idea of what is going to happen here in this country, there are individuals like me that are doing it, having been doing it for years.
What am I talking about. Inventing a career.
Once when people asked me what I did I tried to use the standard Monster.com cookie cutter definitions that come on so many resumes/applications, online forms- just look at Linkedin if you have no idea. It is the reason I ultimately reject resumes and their like.
I am not and never have been a category or at least comfortable as a category.
I know there are people (probably the Mass of People) who prefer to be a thing that can be clicked on at the local who are you/what do you do websites of the world.
Not Me.
I am not one thing. I am many things. I don't do one thing, I can do many things and many of them are not directly related.
These days I have taken to calling myself a Media Specialist though I could reclassify myself as a media-technology generalist.
Those of you who know me- know that I wear many hats.
Those of you who have known me awhile know that I have been many things
Those of you who don't know me but read these blogs might pick up that I am what is called a
Renaissance man (hardly but nice) or a Jack of Many trades (I am a master at some though).
For many of us to make it in this new world we find ourselves in. We need to reject the stereotypes and categories. We need to build a job description that can describe what we think of ourselves as in a few easy descriptors.
I am not in Information Technology (Gosh, what a term)
I am not a TV Person
I am not a line editior nor a true NLE Editor
I am not a Producer
I am not an Artist (even though I am)
I am not just a writer/author/poet.
I am not just a PC tech
I am not just an eBay seller
I am not just a thing or a job classification
I am all those things above and so much more.
What are you then?
Still what he presents is an idea of what is going to happen here in this country, there are individuals like me that are doing it, having been doing it for years.
What am I talking about. Inventing a career.
Once when people asked me what I did I tried to use the standard Monster.com cookie cutter definitions that come on so many resumes/applications, online forms- just look at Linkedin if you have no idea. It is the reason I ultimately reject resumes and their like.
I am not and never have been a category or at least comfortable as a category.
I know there are people (probably the Mass of People) who prefer to be a thing that can be clicked on at the local who are you/what do you do websites of the world.
Not Me.
I am not one thing. I am many things. I don't do one thing, I can do many things and many of them are not directly related.
These days I have taken to calling myself a Media Specialist though I could reclassify myself as a media-technology generalist.
Those of you who know me- know that I wear many hats.
Those of you who have known me awhile know that I have been many things
Those of you who don't know me but read these blogs might pick up that I am what is called a
Renaissance man (hardly but nice) or a Jack of Many trades (I am a master at some though).
For many of us to make it in this new world we find ourselves in. We need to reject the stereotypes and categories. We need to build a job description that can describe what we think of ourselves as in a few easy descriptors.
I am not in Information Technology (Gosh, what a term)
I am not a TV Person
I am not a line editior nor a true NLE Editor
I am not a Producer
I am not an Artist (even though I am)
I am not just a writer/author/poet.
I am not just a PC tech
I am not just an eBay seller
I am not just a thing or a job classification
I am all those things above and so much more.
What are you then?
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