Make a Nerdy Living: How to Turn Your Passions Into Profit, With Advice From Nerds Around the Globe

✍ Scribed by Alex Langley

• Publisher: Sterling
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 460 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0195187245

✦ Synopsis

Turn your obsession into your profession! This funny, information-packed guide shows you how to transform your nerdy passion into a lucrative career . . . and satisfying life.

“How can I make a living at this?” Many nerds ask themselves this question—and now they have an answer. Filled with humor and real-life advice, this entertaining guide explores how you can actually get paid for nerdy passions that range from live-streaming video and prop making to writing and cosplay. Along with general tips for newcomers and in-depth advice for the more experienced, interviews with stars reveal how geeks, gamers, and fans successfully turned their dreams into reality.

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About the Author

Alex Langley is the author of four books (including The Geek Handbook: Practical Skills and Advice for the Likeable Modern Geek), a graphic novel, and chapters in Sterling’s Popular Culture Psychology series. He writes about gaming for ArcadeSushi.com, oversees Nerdspan.com's gaming section, co-created the web series Geeks and Gamers Anonymous, appeared on panels at San Diego Comic Con, and has nearly 20,000 Twitter followers. He lives in Dallas, TX.

✦ Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Careers -- General