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Collecting the Connections in Every Thing: Compilation as a career.

[…] Compilers work hard behind the scenes of the Public Record to tag content, write reviews, edit records, and deliver them in a humanely and approachable fashion. The ultimate goal of a compiler is to find connections between seemingly dissimilar items, but the happy side-effect of Compilers is that they inherently become the organizers and custodians of the Public Record.

[…] Compiler Taygor Phrate wrote of his profession, “I felt that compilation was my calling because I was immersed in the Public Record from a very young age. […] The most valuable lesson I learned in my Compilations course was from a Discovery professor of mine, Prof. Geockry, who told me, ‘You aren’t searching a system. This isn’t some cold mess of metal and wires. You are making inquiries into the human minds that stored and maintain this information. Once you stop fighting against machines, and begin to understand how humans think, you will have no problem finding any information that exists in the Record.’ That’s paraphrased because I didn’t think to write it down at the time, but I remember that was the gist of what he said. People who become frustrated when searching the Public Record talk about it as if it’s this entity with some secret language they don’t have access to. I used to feel that way. In reality, it’s just a mess of people who think differently from each other, all sharing the same filing cabinet. Compilers just have to be clever about what they choose to display, and what to relate it to.”

Another compiler, Kormy Rittles, wrote, “Behavior is a huge interest of mine, and so is language, so I always found myself seeking to understand the humans who created information for the Record. That interest led to my passion for predicting search behavior and anticipating which topics might become popular. I would watch the content like a stock ticker and make bets at opportune times. That worked out, and from the time I began compiling to the day I was hired to be a Frē agent was four months to the day. But, to me at least, that just goes to show that not everyone can do it — compilation. Lots of people assume they can because — what, you’re just finding stuff on the Record and cutting it together with other stuff? Easy, right? But I’ve seen people who work hard at it for years and never get beyond Local Audience. And, if I’m being totally honest, most of them don’t even make it that far.”

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