A few months back I had a talk with the head honcho over at the Dice Tower. I had been reviewing for that channel for a little over two years and had a lot of fun doing so. So much fun, that I realized my nerdy nature could potentially conflict with the over-conservative boring nature of my professional life.
See, I'm an attorney in Realsies, and believe it or not, most lawyers don't look too approvingly on the dude dressed in a Batman shirt looking like he's reviewing games in the basement of his mom's house. They could not be more wrong: 1) wearing a Batman t-shirt is still pretty awesome regardless of the age; 2) the reviews were coming from the garage my own house where I'm carrying two mortgages. But how could I ever expect lawyers to acknowledge such fine distinctions. The fact of the matter is that one of their peers is talking about unlawyerly things in a rather unlawyerly appearance.
And so, it hit me - as I look for the next step on my professional ladder, I'm going to get Googled. When that happens, Geek Scott is going to show up, not Bill-by-the-Hour Scott. And unless I have a very cool potential boss who is going to take a look at Geek Scott and think "that guy knows a lot about unlawyerly things, surely his lawyerly intellect must be astounding," one look at Geek Scott and I've already got a mark against me.
So I asked to drop my last name to afford myself a more anonymity in Cyberspace, I was denied, there was a parting of the ways, and I went on hiatus to think of my next step.
Which was... pseudonym.
So here I am, back and writing with a pen name. Sure, you Super Sleuths out there are going to know who I am, but I believe my secret identity is safe with you. In the meantime, let's give a warm round of applause to "Scott Storm," geek blogger, parent, and meteorologist in training.
Now, please allow me to do my thing.
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