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Hey it's me James Stacy and today we're digging into one of the most commonly

asked questions how do I, that's you, get into writing

about watches? To shine a light on an unconventional career path, I've collected two of Hoodinkie's

heaviest hitters, Ben and Jack, both of whom came to this wacky world via two very different

trajectories. From traditional journalism to the hall of enthusiasts press and everything in between. We get into the origins of this

calling how it's changed with the advent of the internet and even offer some

practical advice for those of you who might want to break free of a normal 9 to 5

for a career that I promise few of your family or peers will ever

understand. Also a quick heads up this episode has a bit more bad

language than normal. You've been warned and let's get to it. Ben, Jack, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have you both back on.

Yeah, whatever.

It's great to see you guys.

It's great to see you guys too It's great to see you guys too.

I don't really have a follow up to that.

So yeah, we're digging into kind of what it is to get into watchwriting.

It's kind of a weird job to aspire to to get into, but and yet all three of us kind of landed here at some level

some more intentionally than others I think it's probably helps to understand if we

want to know where we are now maybe know where we started Jack you want to give us a little bit of a background on your

sort of origin story in writing about watches being involved in this pursuit?

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