Until I started my own business and then finally had an outlet which turned brainsweat into money at the margin, WoW was work but better.
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Regardless of my relative dedication to WoW and work, my financial situation was unchanged (precarious but sufficient for needs).
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Nobody at my day job cared about my professional advancement. The difference between doing a great job and a barely adequate job was nil.
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Meanwhile, in the raid guild, my individual contributions determined whether we'd kill the dragon in 40 x 7 hours or 40 x 2 hours.
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I was quickly promoted and, despite occasional poisonous politics no healing spell could cure, routinely praised by peers and employees.
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I bent my (substantial) reserves of untapped brainsweat to making that guild successful in the metagame. Spreadsheets. Meetings. Strategy.
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"Spreadsheets?" Of course. We had a compensation plan for ensuring adequate staffing levels during peak times for our business.
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People think I am joking when I say this and *I am so not.* The level of professionalism there eclipsed my job and my early business career.
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this entire chain is so completely true. I spent 8 years as a car salesman. I was very competitive in WoW. Lead guild and raids.
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ended up in school, at Amazon, built ECS and have had great professional success. It feels the same(but this does pay better now)
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As I have often remarked: less dragons, better loot.
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