On Monday morning I found a message from the web-site I had logged on a while back but then forgotten about it. I remember that even at first glance it seemed like something totally new and interesting, but then something came up and had to do this and that and in the end I sort of forgot about the whole thing. You know how it is.
Anyways, on Monday there was this message in my e-mail that XYZ had "liked the way I roll". Whaaaaaaaaat...? That's what I call a far cry from the usual boring messages you get from other networks, such as "Marvin has liked your photo" or "Donald has sent you a new message". I see the good people of FB have really brainstormed over these. So naturally after having received such an intriguing message I had to go see what was going on.
I logged in and found my empty page with just my profile picture on it, and with a notification that this nice lady had started following me. Wow. Somebody's following me based on my picture and it's not even a guy. So I started to go around the site to remind myself what it was about again, and basically it's this forum for people all over the world who want to share things about their work. Not like LinkedIn where people come off as robots and it's all about titles and prerequisites, but real people sharing little pieces of their work life via short messages and photos. "Now that's pretty neat", I thought.
So what do I do? First of all I change my profile picture. It sucked, even tough it had brought me my first follower. Second of all, I start posting my Mr.Moose-photos on the site. Actually they're not called "posts", but "sparks". It takes only a second and this nice lady who had decided to follow me decides to comment my spark. "That's funny, what's this project about?". I couldn't believe my eyes. First of all it was really nice that someone was interested, and second of all it was amazing that someone called it a "project". I start to explain how it all came about, and she asks me if I have some other projects going on or if I've worked on something interesting in the past. I sit there for a while and think that I must be dreaming. So shyly I explain that a few years back I worked as a dubber and did a Barbie-movie playing Barbie's best friend. She said that that sounds amazing, and that maybe I should share that story also with others (*bling* there was a link to this page where people were talking about the projects they were proud of). And so I did. And from there.... a new world opened before my eyes.
On this website there are people who are happy with their job. People who are so enthusiastic about what they do for a living that they want to share it with others. People who make pancakes for breakfast because they're happy to be up and running, and ready to start a new day. People who have meetings in coffee houses or they have an afternoon beer at work, because they can, because their boss did it too 5 minutes ago, and because it's kinda silly to not do it considering that one beer doesn't make you drunk unless you're a 4 year old child. These people are full of ideas and love to work with other people who are as full of ideas as they are.There are no titles, no degrees, no pressure. It doesn't matter what you've studied or not studied, it's enough to be good at what you do and especially have a positive attitude about it.
I didn't think people like this existed anymore. And yet, there they were, hundreds of them right before my eyes. And the best thing is that they welcome you with open arms. They're interested and curious to see what you're about. Need some help? Here you go, join this group over here and see what tips they can offer you. Want to share something you made? Here you are, this group here wants to know all about it. Want to just share your good mood and positive thinking? Go ahead, it's simple, you don't even need a group for that!
Now, more than ever, I'm convinced that I will find my dream job. And it'll be legendary. And I'll spark you about it.
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