“ A friend of mine in San Francisco had a video Tumblr whose tagline read: “New media existentialism. Fake it until you make it.” She’s now the online video editor at The Atlantic. Is each post she made on that blog worth a fraction of her new salary? Probably not, but that activity has value as a whole, in the same way that this blog is the resume that got me a job at American Photo. ”

Dan Abbe, writing on photography criticism and the road to doing what you love. 

This is like my “it gets better” for everyone who Tumbled while freelancing or unemployed…