hey /biz/, do you have any advice for unconventional career paths

>>1715988
>I apply to investment jobs despite being grossly underqualified on paper, largely because you can't list your experience gained from manipulating the economy of an MMO as relevant (I'm an autist but I'm not *that* autistic.)

Are you saying you're not autistic enough to list it as experience? Beggars can't be choosers, if that's the only experience you got, it's what you got. It might be eye catching. There might be dozens of other people applying with no experience but then this one guy with MMO experience gets attention.

They might not consider you a serious candidate if others with more real-world experience are applying, but they might give you an interview just to see you in action, in which case that's your chance to change their mind.

>>1716002
When you put it that way, you raise a good point. I can prove that I have people skills despite autism in a hypothetical future interview.

Unfortunately the resume was already shot off to a listing just now, otherwise I would actually put it in there. (A shame because it showed that only one other person applied.) I'll give it a shot on the next job I see that pops up.

>>1716012
Yeah sometimes that eye-catching is all you need just because the hiring manager will think "I want to check this guy out".

Also frankly, you have no idea who that person is. Presumably the hiring manager might have a decade or 2 on you in age, but there are tons of people in that category who have played WoW in the past or are just in general willing to consider unconventional experience like that. For those who aren't familiar with the game though it'd help to list specific accomplishments that anyone can understand, like if you can say something like "I drove up the price of a commodity by 3x and then sold at that price point, making x profit off a y investment".

I can't offer much in the way of your original question, but it might help if you can list instances where people trusted you with money and to make decisions with that money. Like has your pizza place taken your advice on what supplies to order before, and at what quantity? That's basically investing!

So I doubt that's your experience at the pizza place, but an entry level job elsewhere where'd you get experience to make claims like that could be useful.

>>1716040
That all makes sense. And yeah, definitely don't wanna go heavy on in-game jargon, that would be a terrible way to convey accomplishments.

>>1715988
>largely because you can't list your experience gained from manipulating the economy of an MMO as relevant

Is said MMO EVE? If so list, why the fuck not.

>>1715988
Freelance item aqusition specialist.

>>1715988
you can definitely list that as experience. A bit unconventional but if you can manage to relate it to what they're looking for in an applicant it'll help

>>1716048
Don't jargon at all. Do it like him >>1716040.