It was the pile em up and sell em cheap model that burnt me out in the end. I genuinely spent a lot of time early on writing quality posts, getting breaking news (because I was in the UK and so awake earlier) and doing in depth analysis type articles. Then I got fed up of the pressure to constantly keep churning stuff out, and one day I looked at the crap I was writing and quit. There were tricks you could do to pump up your post quota - I remember starting WoW.com's Breakfast Topic as one such vehicle, though it was also an interesting conversation starter.
Still, I am very glad I did it. I learnt a lot about the gaming and tech industries and got a start in journalism as a result. Which I moved away from, but that was my choice.
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It was the pile em up and sell em cheap model that burnt me out in the end. I genuinely spent a lot of time early on writing quality posts, getting breaking news (because I was in the UK and so awake earlier) and doing in depth analysis type articles. Then I got fed up of the pressure to constantly keep churning stuff out, and one day I looked at the crap I was writing and quit. There were tricks you could do to pump up your post quota - I remember starting WoW.com's Breakfast Topic as one such vehicle, though it was also an interesting conversation starter.
Still, I am very glad I did it. I learnt a lot about the gaming and tech industries and got a start in journalism as a result. Which I moved away from, but that was my choice.