Professional Blogging
Well, after blazing through some Javascript code for the folks over at the U.N. (yes, that’s the real United Nations), I’m thoroughly pooped. I don’t even really know why I did it, except as a favor for Ramit (PBwiki VP and the guy who does I will teach you to be rich, probably the only finance-related blog I will ever read because I hate thinking about money). I suppose it helps my resume, but then I begin to question the necessity of me padding my tech resume when my choices of career paths at the moment seem to be either 1) poor musician or 2) stressed-out doctor.
Anyway, something I’ve been thinking about lately is how the hell people blog professionally. There are a lot of tip sites out there by people who have “made it” (a few of them are in my blogroll if you’re interested) and are apparently raking in substantial incomes simply from amassing a giant readership and selling adspace, but that’s still way beyond me. It’s baffling (and sorta makes me jealous)…