Yes!! I’m putting them all on my Pom.pizza website! They are very slow to make, so I just add them when I finish them sporadically! I am so glad you love them, I do too!
"The only time that I felt somewhat ‘normal’ was when I was writing stories… playing my violin… or playing outside." --> replace violin with clarinet and you're describing my childhood!
It takes one to know one, doesn't it?! I think I'm still the same way now, to be honest -- just a different crowd. Replace 'other kids' with 'entrepreneurs' lol!
LinkedIn! Haha! I was an early adopter, and for a short time over a decade ago, I was the highest ranked expert in high-fives in the world.
I was looking for work, and had a lot of online friends who were involved with the computer industry in various ways. I polished up my resume, and got "advice" to pad my experience, exaggerate my skillset and lie about my credentials.
"You should say you have an honors degree, double major in botany and horticulture!"
"But I have an associate's degree, in Agriculture. They don't have majors."
"No one knows that, and they aren't going to check!"
Suddenly, the whole system took on a different look. While you had to have "colleagues" vouch for your "skills", you really only needed friends or acquaintances to add you and then start clicking on all your potential skills.
You didn't even need to know the people, they just had to be online and willing to play along.
A few mentions in blogs, comment threads, an audience that appreciated a joke and culture jamming The System, a bit of hacking and duplicate accounts, and suddenly I was the best in the world at high-fives. Which is particularly funny, because I am not very good at high-fives. Too hard, too soft, poor follow through, bad aim, it's not my forte.
I was highly rated at tree planting, floral design and other skills I actually possessed, but the credit had all come from people who had never seen me garden, and who I had never met in person.
The numbers, metrics, ratings and accolades are meaningless, they only reflect who has achieved a high score in the online game of LinkedIn. They have adjusted and updated the algorithm, and my record no longer holds.
I'm excited to go watch your unicorn videos. I'll give you a high five!
I love the now watches! Will you be selling them? 🤔
Yes!! I’m putting them all on my Pom.pizza website! They are very slow to make, so I just add them when I finish them sporadically! I am so glad you love them, I do too!
"The only time that I felt somewhat ‘normal’ was when I was writing stories… playing my violin… or playing outside." --> replace violin with clarinet and you're describing my childhood!
It takes one to know one, doesn't it?! I think I'm still the same way now, to be honest -- just a different crowd. Replace 'other kids' with 'entrepreneurs' lol!
LinkedIn! Haha! I was an early adopter, and for a short time over a decade ago, I was the highest ranked expert in high-fives in the world.
I was looking for work, and had a lot of online friends who were involved with the computer industry in various ways. I polished up my resume, and got "advice" to pad my experience, exaggerate my skillset and lie about my credentials.
"You should say you have an honors degree, double major in botany and horticulture!"
"But I have an associate's degree, in Agriculture. They don't have majors."
"No one knows that, and they aren't going to check!"
Suddenly, the whole system took on a different look. While you had to have "colleagues" vouch for your "skills", you really only needed friends or acquaintances to add you and then start clicking on all your potential skills.
You didn't even need to know the people, they just had to be online and willing to play along.
A few mentions in blogs, comment threads, an audience that appreciated a joke and culture jamming The System, a bit of hacking and duplicate accounts, and suddenly I was the best in the world at high-fives. Which is particularly funny, because I am not very good at high-fives. Too hard, too soft, poor follow through, bad aim, it's not my forte.
I was highly rated at tree planting, floral design and other skills I actually possessed, but the credit had all come from people who had never seen me garden, and who I had never met in person.
The numbers, metrics, ratings and accolades are meaningless, they only reflect who has achieved a high score in the online game of LinkedIn. They have adjusted and updated the algorithm, and my record no longer holds.
I'm excited to go watch your unicorn videos. I'll give you a high five!