Dream Job
When I first decided on Journalism as my major in college, it was driven by one goal: get paid to go to E3.
I know now that while E3 is in fact the biggest trade show in gaming, wanting to get into it was a very narrow goal and silly reason to commit one's life to a career.
That being said, it turns out that I like being a Journalist, that I like the idea of being paid for my writing and that I could see myself doing it for a long time.
So Vox Media, one of the up and coming media companies is looking for Games Reporters and just like that, a chance to marry my naive dreams to some adult sensibility.
Their gaming branch, Polygon is a well-known and well-loved name in games journalism and I would be following in the footsteps of some great journalists and cool people, including a personal hero of mine Griffin McElroy.
More importantly, I get to live out the wonderful cliche of having a job that I love, getting to write about my favorite hobbies and getting paid for it.
Not only would the job be satisfying, but it would also allow me to live a good life.
Vox Media is offering robust healthcare and as a company has an emphasis on employees maintaining a healthy work/life balance and should I ever want to have children, they even offer generous parental leave.
They were rated as one of the "50 Great Places to Work at" by the Washingtonian, so I have no reason to doubt their claim.
Also, while they prefer that applicants can appear at their main offices in New York, it is not a requirement if one lived in the Bay Area or Los Angeles or close enough to get there regularly, which I do.
This allows me to not have to uproot to pursue this dream job (though I would) and allows me to stay with my fiancee while she pursues her own dreams, which also happen to be likely rooted in the Bay Area or Los Angeles.
Also, their work environment is inclusive, especially to the LGBTQ community and therefore, probably a lot less toxic than the average workplace.
My skills as a writer would help me excel at Polygon and though I can still learn plenty, I feel like I wouldn't be completely unprepared to work there thanks to the skills I have learned at SJSU.
In particular, how to write like a reporter and how to carry myself like a reporter as well as find how to find sources.
That isn't to say that I don't have plenty to learn in all those things, but I also know that practice can be the best teacher and if it doesn't burn me out, the best place to practice would be the workplace.
I know now that while E3 is in fact the biggest trade show in gaming, wanting to get into it was a very narrow goal and silly reason to commit one's life to a career.
That being said, it turns out that I like being a Journalist, that I like the idea of being paid for my writing and that I could see myself doing it for a long time.
So Vox Media, one of the up and coming media companies is looking for Games Reporters and just like that, a chance to marry my naive dreams to some adult sensibility.
Their gaming branch, Polygon is a well-known and well-loved name in games journalism and I would be following in the footsteps of some great journalists and cool people, including a personal hero of mine Griffin McElroy.
More importantly, I get to live out the wonderful cliche of having a job that I love, getting to write about my favorite hobbies and getting paid for it.
Not only would the job be satisfying, but it would also allow me to live a good life.
Vox Media is offering robust healthcare and as a company has an emphasis on employees maintaining a healthy work/life balance and should I ever want to have children, they even offer generous parental leave.
They were rated as one of the "50 Great Places to Work at" by the Washingtonian, so I have no reason to doubt their claim.
Also, while they prefer that applicants can appear at their main offices in New York, it is not a requirement if one lived in the Bay Area or Los Angeles or close enough to get there regularly, which I do.
This allows me to not have to uproot to pursue this dream job (though I would) and allows me to stay with my fiancee while she pursues her own dreams, which also happen to be likely rooted in the Bay Area or Los Angeles.
Also, their work environment is inclusive, especially to the LGBTQ community and therefore, probably a lot less toxic than the average workplace.
My skills as a writer would help me excel at Polygon and though I can still learn plenty, I feel like I wouldn't be completely unprepared to work there thanks to the skills I have learned at SJSU.
In particular, how to write like a reporter and how to carry myself like a reporter as well as find how to find sources.
That isn't to say that I don't have plenty to learn in all those things, but I also know that practice can be the best teacher and if it doesn't burn me out, the best place to practice would be the workplace.
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