Comments on: What's the Perception of Your Industry? http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jakrose http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-610 jakrose Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:59:11 +0000 http://mediaemerging.com/?p=902#comment-610 I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole<br>I am also a designer - so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs<br>And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything<br><br>In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole
I am also a designer – so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs
And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything

In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing

]]> By: jakrose http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 jakrose Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:59:11 +0000 http://mediaemerging.com/?p=902#comment-2099 I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole<br>I am also a designer - so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs<br>And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything<br><br>In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole
I am also a designer – so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs
And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything

In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing

]]> By: jakrose http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-609 jakrose Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:59:11 +0000 http://mediaemerging.com/?p=902#comment-609 I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole<br>I am also a designer - so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs<br>And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything<br><br>In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing I am originally a creative writer = so a loner and misunderstood, darkened sole
I am also a designer – so a quirky, hippy, lover of all hipster tagalongs
And most recently I am a consultant = so I don't do anything

In summary that amounts to a misunderstood hippy that does nothing

]]> By: Deirdre Reid http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 Deirdre Reid Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:34:45 +0000 http://mediaemerging.com/?p=902#comment-2100 I've been in association management for the past ten years and nobody knows what we really do, but that's a different story. However, I was a restaurant manager for ten years and that profession doesn't always have a great reputation. I was serious about my job -- I was managing a business and responsible for many paychecks, that's serious. But the lack of professionalism that I saw in managers in other restaurants really bothered me. I encountered more mediocre and bad managers than good ones, and that's sad. <br><br>I felt the stigma when meeting people who didn't know me -- what a fun job, they implied, must be like one big party all the time, anyone can do that. That's a tough perception to fight without going into all the details and challenges of running a business. Don't get me wrong, it's immensely satisfying too -- nothing quite like it. But I believe that stigma is still out there to an extent -- that it's not quite a serious job, or as we used to say, a "real" job. How wrong that is. I've been in association management for the past ten years and nobody knows what we really do, but that's a different story. However, I was a restaurant manager for ten years and that profession doesn't always have a great reputation. I was serious about my job — I was managing a business and responsible for many paychecks, that's serious. But the lack of professionalism that I saw in managers in other restaurants really bothered me. I encountered more mediocre and bad managers than good ones, and that's sad.

I felt the stigma when meeting people who didn't know me — what a fun job, they implied, must be like one big party all the time, anyone can do that. That's a tough perception to fight without going into all the details and challenges of running a business. Don't get me wrong, it's immensely satisfying too — nothing quite like it. But I believe that stigma is still out there to an extent — that it's not quite a serious job, or as we used to say, a “real” job. How wrong that is.

]]> By: Deirdre Reid http://www.mediaemerging.com/2009/03/03/whats-the-perception-of-your-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Deirdre Reid Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:34:45 +0000 http://mediaemerging.com/?p=902#comment-608 I've been in association management for the past ten years and nobody knows what we really do, but that's a different story. However, I was a restaurant manager for ten years and that profession doesn't always have a great reputation. I was serious about my job -- I was managing a business and responsible for many paychecks, that's serious. But the lack of professionalism that I saw in managers in other restaurants really bothered me. I encountered more mediocre and bad managers than good ones, and that's sad. <br><br>I felt the stigma when meeting people who didn't know me -- what a fun job, they implied, must be like one big party all the time, anyone can do that. That's a tough perception to fight without going into all the details and challenges of running a business. Don't get me wrong, it's immensely satisfying too -- nothing quite like it. But I believe that stigma is still out there to an extent -- that it's not quite a serious job, or as we used to say a "real" job. How wrong that is. I've been in association management for the past ten years and nobody knows what we really do, but that's a different story. However, I was a restaurant manager for ten years and that profession doesn't always have a great reputation. I was serious about my job — I was managing a business and responsible for many paychecks, that's serious. But the lack of professionalism that I saw in managers in other restaurants really bothered me. I encountered more mediocre and bad managers than good ones, and that's sad.

I felt the stigma when meeting people who didn't know me — what a fun job, they implied, must be like one big party all the time, anyone can do that. That's a tough perception to fight without going into all the details and challenges of running a business. Don't get me wrong, it's immensely satisfying too — nothing quite like it. But I believe that stigma is still out there to an extent — that it's not quite a serious job, or as we used to say a “real” job. How wrong that is.

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