Both of the Facebook communities I’ve started have successfully connected people in their profession. Bay Area Womxn In Games is a place people turn to to find jobs and connect for collaborations. Bay Electronic Music Performers has been a place where people team up with other musicians to form a lineup at a show.
I’ve learned so much from both and I’m now a master networker. Both groups are self sustaining and other people have kept it up of their own accord. There’s no business license or anything involved. It’s more of a social impact thing. I’m creating the future. The scenes that I want to see.
Honestly now that I’ve made my bed in both groups, I sort of have to decide if I want to lay in them. Womxn in Games... as proud of it as I am, may not be my permanent home. I’m no longer in games, I am sorry to say, and I feel it’s too idealistic to be in them again. Namely because I don’t usually find my kind of tribe, my kind of people in Games. It sucks. I’m interested in indie dev but there’s no money there. So dev will have to remain a hobby. It’s time to face it. Who knows if that will change but I’m not gonna wait for indie game dev to be a profitable business and I don’t have the drive to make it one myself. That’s the way the industry is.
Maybe I'll be more of a game dev hobbyist someday, but right now, I'd rather make a music album. You can only have one hobby at a time, unless you're living on a trust fund. After that, maybe more game dev. I can code enough to make a simple VR game, which is what I'm going to do next, as soon as my Rift gets here. Just as soon as I said I only have room for one hobby. Maybe what I'll end up getting is a boring office job, so that I can afford all this.
When I'm old and have already traveled the world, I'm going to finish my novel. I need more wisdom to have visions that I want to write about. So far, I write my feelings into songs and I can also create fantasy worlds. Perhaps now that I know peeps, I can share my creations with them. Collaborating and also sharing is a joy.
I guess you can at least say I know people now, so that's the important thing!
I’ve learned so much from both and I’m now a master networker. Both groups are self sustaining and other people have kept it up of their own accord. There’s no business license or anything involved. It’s more of a social impact thing. I’m creating the future. The scenes that I want to see.
Honestly now that I’ve made my bed in both groups, I sort of have to decide if I want to lay in them. Womxn in Games... as proud of it as I am, may not be my permanent home. I’m no longer in games, I am sorry to say, and I feel it’s too idealistic to be in them again. Namely because I don’t usually find my kind of tribe, my kind of people in Games. It sucks. I’m interested in indie dev but there’s no money there. So dev will have to remain a hobby. It’s time to face it. Who knows if that will change but I’m not gonna wait for indie game dev to be a profitable business and I don’t have the drive to make it one myself. That’s the way the industry is.
Maybe I'll be more of a game dev hobbyist someday, but right now, I'd rather make a music album. You can only have one hobby at a time, unless you're living on a trust fund. After that, maybe more game dev. I can code enough to make a simple VR game, which is what I'm going to do next, as soon as my Rift gets here. Just as soon as I said I only have room for one hobby. Maybe what I'll end up getting is a boring office job, so that I can afford all this.
When I'm old and have already traveled the world, I'm going to finish my novel. I need more wisdom to have visions that I want to write about. So far, I write my feelings into songs and I can also create fantasy worlds. Perhaps now that I know peeps, I can share my creations with them. Collaborating and also sharing is a joy.
I guess you can at least say I know people now, so that's the important thing!
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