about FiletofFish.......this was how I discovered Steemit! I ran into Steemit, and I thought, "what the fuck is this website?"
I wrote the story about the programmer who automated his job, and my article on IE went viral. Half a million views, I think. Suddenly, my boss at IE is sending me congratulations, alll the other writers are congratulating me too. I wrote one of the most viral articles ever on the Interesting Engineering website.
Well, at that very moment of discovering Steemit, I was suddenly thrust into a rabbit hole. It was early in the morning, and while my article about the programmer was circulating around the globe, I was deep into reading all about steemit. Within a few days, it all was crystal clear how the blockchain technology worked and how Steem could take over the way society is run. Decentralization is a big deal to me, and I had been struggling with trying to come up with ways to redistrubute wealth. I was not financially savvy, and I realized I would need to undergo intense education in finance if I was ever to make a difference in the world and society. Anyway, finding Steemit was an answer to my prayers and shitty pay as a writer. So that is the real reason, I literally worked my tail off both creating and welcoming people, also, I spent huge chunks of time commenting on people's posts.
While all the mostly boys were bickering about rules/ trying to game the system, I was building my empire through connecting to others. I could see that the real power of this system lies not with wealth accumulation alone, but in forming bonds with trusted members who will support you if you are attacked.
I had already established a well-oiled machine on all the other mainstream social media channels, like Facebook, Linkedin, etc, so I still use those platforms for help when I get verbally attacked/trolled on Steemit.Sorry to post so much. I did have one other weird, synergistic moment when I first found Steemit. As I mentioned I worked for Interesting Engineering. I was doing research on a guy named FiletofFish1066 who had fully automated his job for 6 years. I found the story by accident, I have no idea how I first found it. I was digging around for a story, so on Reddit I discovered this guy. I started digging some more, found one article on Payscale, then I tried to find his story on other news sites. I ran into a Steemit article: https://steemit.com/news/@nkdk/programmer-fired-after-6-years-realizes-he-doesnt-know-how-to-code
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