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Your acting skills might make you stand out as a very effective communicator in the world of Tech. It sounds like a good strategy, although I have to ask if be
by pm90 7y ago
Your acting skills might make you stand out as a very effective communicator in the world of Tech.
It sounds like a good strategy, although I have to ask if being unemployed, struggling with what comes of that and having to interact with a whole bunch of people (while employed in part time gigs like restaurant etc.) is part of what makes actors great. They hone their skills through exposure to the wide swathes of humanity that you may not see while being gainfully employed in a nice software engineering job.
- icxa 7y agoanecdotal evidence here, but our "comms specialist" (the person we bring in to help struggling tech teams communicate better) was a former improv actor and comedian, and she's great. She brings color to everything, makes the mundane feel less so and generally brings truth to laughter is the best therapy.
- ck425 7y agoThere's definitely a value to having those skills within tech. The flip side is that while I spend many hours pursuing acting outside of work, many of my peers instead work long hours or do loads of side projects. Early career theirs is a far more effective strategy for (tech) career growth. Longer term it might work out better me.
- ck425 7y agoThey do actually. It's part of why I also specialize in agile/operations stuff. You have a point. Tbh I might consider doing some of that work just for the experience, but I've also done a few odd jobs in the past that involve that sort of thing. Also doing amateur theatre exposes you to a ton of random folk outside of the tech bubble.
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