News and commentary about the intersection of information technology, politics, and policy presented by the members of Digital Politics, a course at Hamilton College.
Though blogging seems like a very time demanding and stressful job, it really is no different seeming then other high pressure careers. Regardless of whether a person is in a blogging career or works in business putting in 60-80 hours a week in cut throat professions, the outcome of lack of sleep and too much pressure would probably be the same wouldn't it? This article seems to be overly remorseful about how competitive the blogging profession is but then fails to see the correlation between it and many other starting professions that require other superhuman feats to compete in the market. This isn't to say that I don't feel sympathy for stressed out bloggers everywhere, but no more than I do for lawyers just starting out who put in absurd hours as well.
Professor, this is a little disconcerting. I sincerely hope my classmates and I don't die from HamTech-itis.
In any case, I agree with Jonathan in that there are other stressful jobs out there, but I do think that blogging may be more competitive than most jobs. For one, the internet is so easy to access, people are more likely to check up in updates on their favorite website than an update in their favorite newspaper. Also, people in different time zones can also check your website, so as a blogger, you had better be ready to serve those viewers. Second, the internet has so greatly leveled the playing field that any layperson with basic intelligence can make a career out of blogging Because of this high traffic of bloggers, it is essential that a blogger do everything in his/her power to oust the competition. This requires unwaivering attention to the job.
P.S.- My funny bone was uncontrollably tickled when I read this part of the article : "I haven’t died yet"
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Though blogging seems like a very time demanding and stressful job, it really is no different seeming then other high pressure careers. Regardless of whether a person is in a blogging career or works in business putting in 60-80 hours a week in cut throat professions, the outcome of lack of sleep and too much pressure would probably be the same wouldn't it? This article seems to be overly remorseful about how competitive the blogging profession is but then fails to see the correlation between it and many other starting professions that require other superhuman feats to compete in the market. This isn't to say that I don't feel sympathy for stressed out bloggers everywhere, but no more than I do for lawyers just starting out who put in absurd hours as well.
Professor, this is a little disconcerting. I sincerely hope my classmates and I don't die from HamTech-itis.
In any case, I agree with Jonathan in that there are other stressful jobs out there, but I do think that blogging may be more competitive than most jobs.
For one, the internet is so easy to access, people are more likely to check up in updates on their favorite website than an update in their favorite newspaper. Also, people in different time zones can also check your website, so as a blogger, you had better be ready to serve those viewers.
Second, the internet has so greatly leveled the playing field that any layperson with basic intelligence can make a career out of blogging Because of this high traffic of bloggers, it is essential that a blogger do everything in his/her power to oust the competition. This requires unwaivering attention to the job.
P.S.- My funny bone was uncontrollably tickled when I read this part of the article : "I haven’t died yet"
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