Anime North Update

So let's get the bad news out of the way – I won't be selling any copies of my book, just have some as prizes.  There was some paperwork I would have had to have done earlier to sell copies.  You'll have to go to lulu.com or amazon.com to get copies, or check other booksellers online.

Now the good news, plenty of events are going on I'll be at:

Friday 7PM – The Fan To Pro Panel.  Me and Bonnie will discuss the fan-to-pro opportunities many people miss.

Friday 11PM – Careers in Video Games.  Come join me as I destroy your dreams and hopes with hard reality – and rebuild them with some serious advice.

Saturday 9PM – Brainstorming your Dream Job.  I'll demonstrate my "three-pillar" brainstorming technique, and as a group we'll help dream up new careers for people.

Sunday 3 PM – Otaku at work: Why you don't have your dream job.  All the reasons your career may really be lousy.

Hope I see you there!

– Steven Savage

Why You Have To Tolerate The Incredibly Obvious In Advice Books

You probably have had it happen: you get that book on careers that everyone is talking about, get into it, then read something so blindingly obvious you stop.  You ask why the author is wasting your time on stating something so incredibly obvious to anyone, and begin to question the book.  Why waste your time with things you already know?

I've been there before.  There's few books about business or careers I've read that haven't had some section that has made me wonder why the author is wasting my time with such things.  Why tell me something I know – give me something I don't.

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A quick note

Some of you will have seen, or gotten in your news feed, an odd post about a contest.  I'm afraid I misposted from yet another blog here.  I removed it as soon as the mistake was found.

– Steve