A little while back, a major player in the online journalism industry gave a talk at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where I'm from. Though I would have loved to, I obviously couldn't attend since I'm out here in all-of-a-sudden-its-so-cold-I-need-to-wear-a-ski-mask-where-you-can-only-see-my-eyes Michigan. I was very impressed that my mom was actually the one to tell me about this appearance, given that I try my hardest to keep up on happenings within the field, or at my beloved MFA. My mom wasn't just going to hear this lady wax philosophically on the importance of optimized content, or the value of her readers, however. Oh, no. She planned to go with a copy of my resume and directly hand it to the speaker. I'll state the obvious when I say that my mom is pretty ballsy.
Anyway, after sitting through the talk with my father, learning all about future directions of online publications and whatnot, my mom followed through with her plan. And guess what? Miss Thing of web journalism told her that she'd actually call me! I guess in addition to founding my latest addiction, this woman is actually nice.
Do I expect anything out of this interaction? Absolutely not. I know that the speaker probably has 5,017 better things to do than reach out to little ol' me. And she's such a bigwig that I would never be able to directly reach her. I did apply to a few positions through their database that I actually think I'm pretty qualified for, if I do say so myself. But that's not the point here, kiddos. What I'm getting at is that you're all probably just as lucky as I am when it comes to your loved ones - they genuinely want to see you happy. Get them on board! Tell them what you're interested in! I guarantee that you'll see at least a few positive results you can take and run with.
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