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As Virtual Reality Evolves, Personal Branding Will Be More Important Than Ever
These days, especially with all these remote-first, and even Virtual Reality projects emerging out of the coronavirus pandemic, I feel the same way I felt as a teenager, shouting from the rooftops of how important the Internet was going to be, only to be told that it was just a “trend.”
This is a true story:
In 2008, I attended one of the top journalism schools in the country, the University of Missouri. I was 18 years old — a freshman.
I took my seat in a 500-person auditorium my first week of classes, and my professor told the class that blogging would never replace journalism.
“It’s a trend,” he said, continuing on with the importance of newspapers and how things had always been done.
I raised my hand.
“I think you’re wrong,” I said. “I think the Internet is going to change everything, and I think people will read more online than anywhere else.”
At 18 years old, I was one of the most popular gaming bloggers on the Internet. To me, the future was having your own audience, building your own credibility.
The entire class looked back at me. And my teacher laughed while he said, “In order for someone to even be…
