Greetings, fellow Paizonians! Last week, Hank Woon and I upgraded our messageboard status from "Pathfinder Subscriber" to "Editorial Assistant"—that's right, we're the newest interns here at Paizo!
I'm David Eitelbach, and I'm as excited (or more so) as many of you probably imagine I would be to get a gig at Paizo. At 23 years old, I'm the youngest member of the Paizo team. My glorious years at college came to an end just as the economy flushed itself down the toilet, so without a job and the prospects of finding a career looking dim, I applied for the editorial internship —hoping beyond hope that Paizo would want me as badly as I wanted to work for them. If I was going to spending my copious amounts of free time reading Pathfinder anyway, why not do it at Paizo and get some editing experience under my belt? Amazingly (it seemed to me), I got the job... er, internship.
When I stepped into the Paizo offices for the first time, I finally understood how Charlie must have felt as he explored Willy Wonka's chocolate factory—there are roleplaying goodies everywhere! Every staff member's desk is piled high with toys; they have a mammoth collection of pulp science fiction and fantasy books, including original, tattered anthologies of every issue of Amazing Stories (it doesn't get more exciting than that for an H. P. Lovecraft fan); the shelves of their library are lined with dozens upon dozens of RPG products (including, to my glee, two Forgotten Realms Grey Boxes); and awesome Wayne Reynolds' cover art for upcoming Pathfinder Chronicles books are tacked to cubicle walls. I was in heaven.
That feeling of elation? Yeah, it's still here, a week later. This is the only time in my memory when I've been sad to leave work and excited to come in the next day. I spend my hours at the office reading and editing the Pathfinder articles I used to pore over during my free time, and I'm proud to help make Paizo products the best in the industry. Plus, I get free copies of all of their products, which is the very definition of awesome.
I have great plans for the blog: creating Paizo's very own "Appendix N," spotlight articles on various regions of Golarion with tips for sandbox-style of play, Planet Stories tie-ins to Pathfinder, and generally talking about the cool things that happen around the office. After all, interning at Paizo is my nerd-dream come true, and everyone else should have a chance to see just how awesome it is!
