July 26, 2006
How Can You Not Love the Market?
The Wall Street Journal reports that even slackers have marketable skills.
When David Estalote wanted to learn to play the piano, the 27-year-old New Yorker sought out a teacher at a local music college. To learn to play golf, he took lessons from a pro at his grandfather's country club. When he recently decided he needed coaching to play a videogame better, he turned to a teenager who lives 1,200 miles away in Florida.One afternoon recently, his 18-year-old tutor, Tom Taylor, slouched in front of a television set connected to a Microsoft Corp. Xbox machine running "Halo 2," a popular combat videogame. Mr. Taylor, through an Internet phone strapped over his head, snapped commands at Mr. Estalote back in New York. Mr. Estalote, a computer programmer, pays Mr. Taylor $45 an hour for help improving his "Halo 2" skills.
A man wants to buy, a man wants to sell, the Internet allows them to trade. Adam Smith would be proud.
Posted by jk at July 26, 2006 10:10 AM
I'm not even sure how to respond to that. Horror or admiration.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa at July 26, 2006 10:45 AMHa. Intrigue for me. I have never sought out instruction even on the typical things. I'm a self-taught musician and computer programmer. I left college to pursue a music career and never returned. Learned business on the streets as it were.
I'm sure I'd be better at everything with more formal training but I have a predilection to just beat my head against he wall until I get it. Hiring a video game coach? Prob'ly not.
Posted by: jk at July 26, 2006 10:53 AM | What do you think? [2]