Reworking your resume is a hard thing to do. Before this who radio thing actually started to kick in, I was taught to push all the experience that I possibly had to just make myself look like some one you should hire. Now it’s a matter of refinement and references. Picking out people who you want to give you a good name is not the easiest thing. The part where you actually ask the person is intimidating. You’ve chosen them to say, “Yes, you should hire this guy because, quite frankly, he’s the guy.” In the end, this is just a roll of the dice. That degree is still in the cards.
I look at Jeff who is now pursuing his dream and I consider him lucky. His job is to do radio play-by-play for high school sports. Baseball, softball, basketball, and, hopefully this fall, football. We had a hell of a good time working together, doing the whole college radio thing. Sure, he’s not making loads of money, but he loves sports. Trust me, I know this from the conversations that found us both at some level of intoxication.
If I don’t take this chance, I might miss my opportunity. I can take everyone’s advice and do things the usual way. On the other hand, I can push to determine my own destiny. I have no inclination as to which one is wrong or right in terms of what I should do. However, I’m writing my own book. It’s safe to say that I have been doing that from day one. Since when have I ever really cared about what others thought? I’ve made my mistakes and learned from them, but this is something much bigger. Where I’m at is just a step in that general direction.
In the meantime, go here and play. Made me laugh.