Going Rogue With Your Career Before You Even Start
Almost the exact opposite of what my career counselor said.
Not too long ago I watched a YouTube video of an author named Neil Gaiman. Neil’s a force of a writer who claims someday he’ll “grow up and get a real job.”
When he was asked why he only writes novels and doesn’t sync his books into a series, he said that he’s far more interested in finding new shiny objects than getting bored with just one idea.
In other words, he’s not putting all of his eggs into one creative basket. His Starz deal for American Gods and 9 million Twitter followers suggest this is a decent idea.
Neil went rogue. My career counselor probably would have vomited if Neil had said such heresy in her presence.
According to Forbes, though, it’s not heresy. This craving for something different actually cuts deep into our attitude about work and culture.
The workforce in the United States has been subjected to swift radical changes over the last decades, including automation, globalization and go-nowhere jobs… Sadly, only less than 50% of U.S. workers feel that they are in good jobs.
