My SteemGig Experience; It's More Than Just Working To Get Paid.
I am Fi and I recently completed this amazing steemgig. Now sit back, grab some popcorn while I tell you a story.
Ok, so I joined Steemit January 2017 on my phone, from my room in Lagos and spent the next 48 hours totally addicted to Steemit. I was lucky enough to, almost immediately, come across some amazing folks with @kus-knee being one of the very first. I was only a few posts deep when he offered to help me improve.
I see people say amazing things about my writing here on Steemit and I wonder why (because, really I don't think I do anything special) but maybe that feeling is due to the fact that folks like @kus-knee offered to help me get better and so I was getting better without noticing it myself.
Earlier this morning, he took me way back to my introductory post and I cringed. Who was I expecting to read that badly formatted post? Well, I can say that now thanks to @kus-knee. I have unfortunately slowed down on here but I haven't forgotten all the goodwill I have received over time.
For @kus-knee, I would have done the gig for free without thinking twice about it!
What Was It Like Transcribing About 40 Minutes Of "Nerdy Techy Talk"?
LOL.
No I am serious and I mean it literally. Pronounce LOL one letter at a time. Haha, that's what it felt like.
hell - oh - hell
So would I have still taken up the gig if I had known it was going to be hell?
Err... I'm not too sure. To be honest, I thought it was going to be a very easy task. I mean, how hard can it be right? It's only 40 minutes of talk. For 20 SBD? That was amazing! (I'm looking at you Ted! I wasn't being sarcastic lol)
Well, after spending about thirty minutes transcribing 3 minutes of video, I knew I was in deep shit and needed my secret (err... not so secret anymore now that you know) superhero powers back. Luckily for me, I was back on the post and found a comment by @eirik on being able to get the text from YouTube. This singular act made it possible for me to complete the gig in record time. You want to know what the "record time" is? TWO FULL DAYS!
I literally did nothing else besides forcing myself out of bed to have my bath and also eating (when i remembered).
One thing tho, the brilliance of @dantheman didn't make the process a boring one. The more I rewound to catch a word or two, the more I learned from his amazing mind. It was like listening to Divide by Ed Sheeran or Blonde by Frank Ocean.
Now, What Do I Think of #steemgig?
The gig gave me an opportunity to finally feel useful again after weeks of just floating around and allowing time pass me by.
Although against my wish, I had to cash out the 50 SBD immediately to cater for an unexpected emergency.
So #steemgig and @kus-knee literally saved my ass before my ass knew it would need saving.
Steemgig is also an amazing way to build interaction on steemit. Even though I always felt like I was cool with @kus-knee, the gig has actually brought us closer. So yeah #steemgig is great to encourage interaction within the community.
I also think it's a great way to make Steemit more than just a writer's territory.
It's more than just getting paid. It's opening up new possibilities.
It's allowing people feel useful. Giving them the opportunity they need to finally pursue whatever it is they've always wanted to do.
It should be encouraged!
I enjoyed every bit of it and look forward to taking on many more gigs.
Great job! Awesome that you can not only make money off of the job, but off of the content you make about the job! Beautiful! Keep up the great work and the positive mindset!
It's amazing yeah? I never believed anyone would question the "value" being created here till today.
Thanks. I'll always try my best.
Way to go @fisteganos!
Yeah yeah! Thanks papa!
You're welcome.... and inspirational.
Viva la Steemgigs :-) Good work, love the steemgigs initiative.
Yes! Thanks.
Awesome! YOU DID IT.
That's great.
Had me LOLing.
Most think it is will be easy to transcribe until they start doing it. :D
I wonder what went through your head in those two days of transcribing...
Haha! I just kept telling myself "you can't stop now". I will never underrate a transcribing gig. Thanks to the gig, I wouldn't have learned that lol.
Other folks will be like "man, screw this shit." But you were like "I can't stop now." Love the attitude. Cheers! :)
Thank you alot and for an amazing post too!
You were mentioned for @inphiknit #steemgig. It is a fun one!
I'll check it out. Thanks
It's amazing how your perseverance paid off. Everything happens for a reason(as my mother always says) and you needed the dough for an emergency in the end. Thanks for sharing!
I almost said "I'll pass. I don't need the money" because really I didn't. You can guess how relieved I feel that I didn't pass up on the opportunity!
Bro lend a helping hand. I can see you are successful here. Teach us new comers how to fish.
Oh wow! Ok so I just went through your blog and I must say this. I joined Steemit when we were basically restricted to only four posts every 24 hours (defaulting led to a cut/tax on payouts) so I was forced to prioritize quality of quantity.
Now once you've decided to choose quality, you have to determine quality in what aspect? I tend to be a creative writer so I do poetry and fiction and rant (sometimes on stuff i'm not even going through). So yeah that's my forte and you'd need to find yours.
Thirdly, this thing takes time! I've been here since January but even that is dwarfed by folks that have been here since May/June 2016. So when you see the $100 posts, stay calm and let it act as motivation to increase the quality of your posts.
The most important (I dare say) is interaction. Taking the time out to read people's posts and dropping thoughtful comments is one value all Steemians should have. Interaction like this brings joy to the author and also makes the community know that you exist.
You could also scout around for contests that you can enter for. This also makes more people notice you. Really, no man is an island.
There's also Steemit.chat which is a very good place to share links to your posts. Mind you, because voting power reduces with every vote cast, people won't really be open to the idea of voting on five different posts from you alone in a single day. So that's why it's always nice to try to limit yourself to a max max of four.
I think these are the basics. Read all you can, drop comments, be social. Make friends. Let people know you. Share stories. This is a community. A community of people!
By the way, i'm not there yet lol. This post just happened. You can check out my previous posts to see the real picture but even to me, this post is a motivation.
Thanks for the opportunity to share a piece of my mind. I'll follow you right away and hope to see you soaring in a couple of weeks.
Great info in this comment and it should be the subject of a post by you!
Haha! Thanks. That was an "on the spot" reply. I'll look into it.
So comforting. Thank you.
Good. I'll be watching you. You can hit me up in Steemit.chat anytime.
I cannot log in with my steemit profile
No. You'd have to create a new account but use your Steemit ID (richguy) as the username to make it easier for people to recognize you later on.
thanks
Well said :)
Hey bro! Been a while!!!
Yeah, long story :D
Nice, brother! Good job on completing the task. 50SBD is huge! Well deserved :D
I didn't even know how huge it was till I made the conversion first to btc then it hit me!
Enjoy it, brother, and put it to good use. You did good :D
Thank you!
Good read!
Thanks!
Great personal story, sir. I like the personal ones.
Thanks. We all love stories, and when there's the opportunity to make an impact on people's lives, I try to bare it all.
Nice to read your side of the story as only you could tell it!
It was amazing talking to you! I'm still yet to get over the feeling! 🙈
Its so great to learn from each other!
it's awesome to have people like you around and it's awesome to see what a big positive impact Steem(it) has over your life. Followed!!
Boom! Great to have you on board!