Question: How can I make a real career out of this mess?

micketymoc — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:10:49 -0800

Help me make sense of my career. Advertising copywriter, now working in marketing agency as a creative whatsit, also an About.com guide on the side. I want to do more stuff like the latter, want to dump the former. What should I be doing to get there?

I'm passionate about the Internet in general, online community-building in particular. I love the work I'm doing for About, and I'd like to spend more time doing stuff that relates to it more (traveling around Asia, writing, creating online content).

At the same time, I'm going to be a dad in a few weeks, and I'd like to know that I'm pursuing a long-term career. How can I get from where I am now (writer, some marketing and PR experience, managing an About site) to a fruitful profession (something about blogging, SEO, online communities, beyond that I have no clue)?

I'd like to know a) what kind of career I can build from this haphazard CV, and b) what I can do to get there. Thanks in advance for your help!

By: Effigy2000

Effigy2000 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:39:40 -0800

The following website, by MeFi's very own scrumtralescent, might be of interest;

The Life Less Traveled: How Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things...And How You Can, Too!

By: elke

elke — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:31:04 -0800

Have you considered being a content strategist?

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