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Do What You Love: When It Works

Steven Savage
December 11, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally posted a MuseHack.) And so here we are, at the end of a multicolumn, multiweek rant on why the idea of "Do What You Love" ends up confusing us, distracting us, and screwing us over. Special...

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – The Change

Steven Savage
December 4, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally from Muse Hack, we're winding down our dark look at why "Do What You Love" doesn't tell you much about the career world, and in some cases deceives you. Steve continues to look at how "doing what...

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – The Job

Steven Savage
November 27, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally at MuseHack, Steve continues his descent into the pains of the job world that the flip advice "Do What You Love" avoids, doesn't cover, or even actively keeps us from facing. Now, we'll look at...

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – Breaking In

Steven Savage
November 20, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally at MuseHack, we're taking a break from the positive focus Steve usually has to look at why "Do What You Love" has a nasty flipside - namely it doesn't get you ready for a lot of challenges. So...

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – Skills And Abilities

Steven Savage
November 13, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally from MuseHack, Steve continues his dream-destroying exploration of why "Do What You Love" doesn't address the darker truths of careers. Dive in for more sarcasm, dark insights, and asking how we...

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – Psychology

Steven Savage
November 6, 2014
Mission Professional
(Originally posted at MuseHack) So the series continues, where I take a break from my usual positive approach to look at why the job advice of "Do What You Love" is probably going to crash and burn for you....

The Dark Side Of “Do What You Love” – Your Situation

Steven Savage
October 30, 2014
Mission Professional
  (This series was originally published at MuseHack) Me, I'm a positive guy. You've been reading my stuff, following this blog. You know I try to keep an upbeat attitude There's a reason for that...

Learning From The David Goyer Mess

Steven Savage
May 29, 2014
Columns, Mission Professional
So let's go where this all started. The podcast called Scriptnotes included an interview with David S. Goyer - who is writer and producer on Sandman, writer on justice League, tapped for a Superman...

CBR’s New Policy – A New Rallying Point?

Steven Savage
May 9, 2014
Columns, Mission Professional
As you may have heard, CBR decided to shut down and restart their message boards. The incident that brought this about was the harassment, threats, and attempted breach-of-bank that Janelle Asselin faced...

What has Marvel Got to Lose?

Steven Savage
November 25, 2013
Columns, Mission Professional
So having seen Thor 2: Return of Loki and some other guy with blond hair, it's obvious (and as in being discussed all over the internet) that Marvel is going large. Huge. Enormous.A series of...

The Avengers Paradox

Steven Savage
April 30, 2012
Columns, Mission Professional
 So over at Nerdcaliber I wrote a column re-exploring my theories on why the Avengers second film may have problems.  It was in response to another column on the possibility of the Avenger's...

The Future of The Language Of Comics

Steven Savage
April 16, 2012
Columns, Mission Professional
 I've been speculating on the move of comics from print to electronic for some time (a  lot of it here, quite frankly),  Something struck me lately as, yet again, I pursued the world of...

The Why Of "Comics Necropolis"

Steven Savage
April 9, 2012
Columns, Mission Professional
 Well, that was exhausting.So for the last month, Daniel Elkin and I have been posting about the idea of a "Comics Necropolis," a site/business/feed/whatever where obscure comics are raised...

Comics Necropolis #4 – The List Of Cool Things

Steven Savage
April 2, 2012
Columns, Mission Professional
  Steve and Daniel are still hot on the idea of a Comics Necropolis - an on-line resource and archive for odd, obscure, weird, and lost titles. Last week they sketched out a business plan – today it's...

Comics Necropolis #3 – A Basic Plan

Steven Savage
March 26, 2012
Columns, Mission Professional
 So Dan and Steve are still on their tear about the idea of a Comics Necropolis - an on-line resource and eventually archive for odd, obscure, weird, and lost titles.  Last week they talked about...
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