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Creator economy!

Having experience in the tech world is a funny thing. Only the person knows how sincere they were when something is experienced as part of doing work. With the advent of the internet and free content available over the internet, the experience can easily be faked. You can claim to know things and yet have never done any of those very things.

This creates a false impression of a rising knowledge economy that lacks real experience. When was the last time you really did the thing that will mean technology prowess?

Many resumes are thus becoming an ideal way to represent what you think you will have wanted to do and experience. If those resumes were an honest articulation of the projects you have done and what habits you have toyed with then that would be far more valuable than the fake resume that portrays that you know it all.

Resumes are not trusted by those creating those and they are not trusted by those who use them for recruiting good help.

In the creator economy, no one else is a judge of your work. You produce work because you enjoy it, like it, want it, can do it, and others tell you to do it.

What matters in a creator economy is your list of projects and your stories (articulation) of those project experiences.

When one is able to overcome the resistance to starting a project, they have already embarked on the journey of creator economy. You believe your work was genuinely useful to yourself and to others and you leverage that to enhance your interaction, and confidence and to raise possibilities to do more such fulfilling work.

Creator economy believes intangible work you produced, qualities you possess, and the rigor that is demonstrable through the consistency of the work and habit you cultivated that took you on the journey of creation. Creator economy looks for well-rounded responsible creative people to employ and empower. 

The self-sustaining and self-nurturing work environment that is on the rise at present will succeed because of such creators. Such creators are often decisive problem solvers, collaborators, negotiators, and initiators who inspire others through their own contributions.

Who are you? Are you fit for new age creator economy?

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