To find work that you love, don't just blindly chase passion | Daniel Doan | TEDxBITSPilani

Most career advice tells us to “follow our passions” - but oftentimes this advice can lead people in the wrong direction. Passion can be overrated, as our passions are in a constant state of change. In this talk, Daniel shares humorous and heartbreaking stories about his haunted past. He sheds light on how to overcome difficult obstacles to get the most out of your career and change the world for the better.

Daniel Doan is a full-stack growth marketing consultant and digital marketing expert with over half a decade of experience building brands and growing communities for hundreds of startups, game developers, and companies worldwide. He has worked on dozens of growth marketing campaigns such as blogger outreach, segmented email drip campaigns, conversion rate optimization, marketing automation, and all things digital marketing.

He is also an award-winning game developer and designer specializing in maximizing engagement, user retention, and UX design across both desktop and mobile. As Co-Founder & CGO of Black Shell Media, he has handled marketing, growth, and publishing operations alongside his business partner Raghav Mathur. They’ve since shipped more than 2.1 million copies of games on Steam, and have given talks at Google, SXSW, TwitchCon, and numerous industry events on growth marketing.

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Daniel is a great guy and is responsible for publishing some of my favorite indie games. When I was in 8th grade I ran a YouTube channel and he reached out to me and let me try out some of his games, it kick-started my interest in game development. Thanks for your kindness Daniel.