PirateSoftware Talks Profession vs Hobby
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- PirateSoftware speaks on your hobby and your profession! Thor goes on to explain the difference between the two and how important they both are!
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Thor is the reason I started streaming. He said three hours a day, three times a week. I just applied to monetize on CZcams earlier this week. His discord is really helpful.
Gl brother!!
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Thor is the reason I'm still working on my game.
I'm a Game Dev because I do D&D?! 😭 Dream Achieved. Thanks Thor Dad!
That bit of encouragement was all I needed to start my journey into digital game development. I used to create content for D&D, so being told "that counted" was just the kick in the butt I needed to think "yea, I can do this"
100% agree. Its like acting or being in a band. Two similar saying are Your an 8 year overnight success or It take 10,000 hours to master your craft.
TURN THE PHONE OFF!
It's always kind of irked me that some hobbies can be applied as a label and others can't unless you're a professional or whatever, especially creatives. Like, I'm a LARPer, I know of no way to monetize that, sure there's some adjacent stuff that can be monetized, and obviously owning and operating a LARP is at least hypothetically possible to make a living at, but when I say I'm a LARPer, nobody judges me the way they do when I say I'm a magician. I've never been a professional magician, I've never tried to be a professional magician or been interested in trying to make a living or career out of it, at times I have been semi-professional because I used to busk, but that was mostly for fun, to meet new people, to have the chance to actually perform, and to earn some pocket money while I was in college, for me magic has always been a hobby, but so many people treat it like not just a profession, but a failed profession. Yeah, there are a lot of professional magicians out there, and for many people getting into it the goal is to become a professional some day, but a lot of us learn and perform magic because we like doing it, exactly the same reason I LARP, because *I like doing it* .
I've known people who like to draw, are really, really good at drawing, but refuse to accept being called an artist because they don't have a degree or don't make their living selling art or whatever. Like, no, you make art, you are an artist, that's what the word *means* and the fact that you're doing it because you like it and not for a career doesn't change that. I've had friends offer to make or do things for me and then refuse payment, even if I'm the one who approached them with the request, and not because they meant it as a favor and thus didn't feel right accepting payment, but because "I'm not a professional", and I could understand it if it were a legal thing like it was a field that required a license of some kind to accept payment, but I've had detailed, time consuming, and difficult projects done and the most I could get them to accept was the cost of materials, and that's heart breaking. Your time is valuable, your skill is valuable, your work is valuable. I don't feel comfortable asking people to do things for me for free, but I live a weird life and often have a need/use/want for something that isn't readily available even on the internet, so you pretty much have to rely on enthusiasts and hobbyists, usually ones you can only contact by being friends/in the same social circles/etc. and so many of them do truly amazing work and then refuse to be adequately compensated for it. Value your work. Value your time. Even if you aren't paying the bills with it, that doesn't mean it isn't worth anything, that's how you work toward turning it into a business if you want to, and if you don't, why wouldn't you want extra pocket money, especially after putting in all that time and labor.
Tell them it is ok to try.
Show them how.
When they fall ask 'did you learn anything, try again.'
Yeah, I bet that would work, you should do that...
Love it
"Every overnight success takes about ten years." - Jeff Bezos
good think they baned no compete contracts! atleast in the usa
you can lose your life by saying the wrong thing on stream weve seen it a lot of times