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Pamela Skillings
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I just had to post a link to this inspiring story featured on Yahoo! today. Jonathan Coulton was a software engineer who quit his job to become a rock star. Today, he’s earning more than his old salary by selling his music online, including tracks inspired by his office life like the irresistable "Code Monkey."
I really like his quote about what prompted him to leave his code monkey career to to pursue his music: "I have known some bitter people in my life who never did what they wanted to do, and I didn’t wanna be that person."
I sure wish I had known about Jonathan while I was still working on the book. I’d love to interview him and learn more about how he made his career change work. After all, rock star is a pretty ballsy goal to dream about from a cubicle and he made it happen.
Check out Jonathan’s story on Yahoo!
Visit Jonathan’s site to hear his music.
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