California Tech Uncle Gives Uncanny Job Hunting Advice: ‘You Have Better Chances at Getting a Job at a Furry Convention’

Job hunting in the age of AI has been challenging. Despite the number of job portals out there, people have been struggling to snag an opportunity. Uncle Flomar (@uncleflomar) from California, who works in tech, gave unusual advice for prospective job hunters. The key to landing a high-paying job isn’t going through LinkedIn or networking events but attending a furry convention.

“You have better chances at getting a job at a furry convention than at any sort of networking convention,” Flomar told TikTok. It seemed controversial at first until he further elaborated his claim. As someone who has been to many “strange” conventions, Flomar said he was imparting “sage wisdom.”

“The best places to network are not going to be normal job conventions, where everyone’s there for the same reason,” he said, explaining that recruiters are tired of hearing the same thing. Flomar cited a Reddit post he found about a man who went into a furry convention, then secured a cybersecurity job by networking with furries.

“How the hell do you know that furries are going to get you a job? And the answer is simple. Furries have to be rich,” he claimed, adding, “You think how much those fursuits cost? It’s like, $20,000.” Flomar continued by saying that furries must be in high-earning professions or people with money for them to support their lifestyle choice.

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“So, then, apply this logic to every other expensive hobby, and now, you’ve officially gotten access to all those echelons,” he continued. Essentially, it’s not just about furry conventions. The logic also applies to golf, rowing, and other costly hobbies.

“A really good example is Magic The Gathering. Most people who play Magic The Gathering do not just buy one pack of cards—they buy multiple packs of cards,” Flomar said. Those costs pile up overtime, and people who are in the community must have the financial capacity to sustain the hobby. What made him use the card game as an example were the pre-release events that fans often go to. Flomar explained that it’s an ideal networking opportunity, as fans can interact one-on-one.

He also shared an experience as someone in tech living in the Bay Area. He went to a pre-release of Gamescape, where he met people he ended up having deep conversations with while they were playing a game. Flomar thought to himself that if anybody else had been in his position and were actively looking for a job, gaming with people who are in the same field is “one of the best ways” to facilitate access.

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“You can’t recreate that at a networking convention,” he said of the interaction. The intimacy and connection oftentimes couldn’t be found at a standard job hunt convention. It’s because people enter the space in a competitive mood, trying to land the best position and opportunity for themselves.

Hobby groups are the opposite—people are receptive to get to know one another through their shared interests.

“The way you go about it matters, obviously, but it’s still a really good opportunity,” he concluded. Those who are eager to apply the strategy can’t just show up and infiltrate spaces they have no interest in outside of scoring a job opportunity. They also have to care about or be interested in the hobby or the community.

Ultimately, at its core, networking is about creating meaningful interactions that would hopefully blossom into genuine connections.

(featured images: Pavel Danilyuk, uncleflomar, Michael Wambangco)

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