Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
So you've got your grand profan vision burning in your head like a guiding star. You know what you want to do and what the future will be like. You can even point at your timelines and plans.
You're the kind of person I not only write this blog for – you're the kind of person I want contributing to it.
But, are you measuring your path to progeekery?
Let me introduce you to an incredibly powerful artifact, one that many of us have, and that can help us make our small contributions to alleviating unemployment and the suffering of our friends.
Your living room couch.
So fandom teaches you business sense, customer service, entrepreneurship, and courage. All traits and "metaskills" that are useful in your career once you see just how much you've gained from your hobbies and activities.
So after discussing these over the past weeks, let me add one final thing to the list of what traits hobbies give you (or bring out in you) that you can use on your job.
Proper Fanaticism.