| I wish there was a repository of "cold DM" stories like this to help inspire younger folks that you can "just do things." My own story: - helped found my college paintball club (Rutgers University) - that became our college paintball team (where we played other schools) - graduate - had a real job (involving LOTS of database work) - find out that year after I left, the team go to go to paintball World Cup (and I was mad/envious that I didn't get to go) - quit my job - wanted to go to World Cup and only person I knew was the head of the college league so DM'ed him asking if he needed help with the college event. He replies that he actually needs help with a player database and asks if I know databases? (I do) - Go to world cup, love it, keep working on the player database - Three years later I'm the General Manager of the pro-paintball league (I was 26!) People would often ask me, at the time, if this was my dream job. I would often answer "Calling it my 'dream job' would imply I knew it existed as an option to dream about. I just emailed a guy and one thing led to another and here I am" |