resume

Seth Godin's bit about not needing a resume strikes me as interesting motivation. The gist of it being, the interesting, rewarding jobs don't require resumes, they require actions. To get an interesting job, you need to be interesting -- by building something, or blogging something or doing something of merit in the space you want.

In some ways it sounds a lot like 'it takes money to make money' -- I need an interesting job to get an interesting job, but I think it is doable to be amazing without an amazing job. Joshua Bloch was a programmer for a financial firm when he launched del.icio.us on the side. Building an project and growing it can be as rewarding, if not more rewarding than getting the perfect job.

So how does one build a reputation or an amazing project? Little steps, one day at a time.