Hobby Jobs: Why the Sports Card Industry Needs Career Infrastructure

Over the past 18 months, Brett has spent time talking with owners, builders, and operators across the sports card industry.

More than 60 conversations.

Shop owners.
Tech founders.
Marketplace operators.
Auction leaders.

A pattern kept showing up.

The hobby is growing fast. Online card sales tracked by Card Ladder reached $481M in a single month.

Companies are expanding.
Infrastructure is growing.
New businesses are launching.

But the knowledge required to build a business in this space remains scattered.

Much of it lives in private conversations.
Phone calls.
Text threads.
Direct messages between operators.

There is no central place where industry knowledge, jobs, and operator insight live.
That realization led Brett to create Hobby Jobs.

In this episode of Stacking Slabs, Brett explains the thinking behind the launch and why the sports card industry is ready for a new kind of resource.

The conversation covers:
• Lessons from 60+ conversations with hobby operators
• Why trust and relationships drive successful hobby businesses
• The growing infrastructure behind the sports card industry
• How Hobby Jobs will surface industry roles and business insight
• Why the next generation of hobby operators will shape the future of the hobby

Stacking Slabs will always serve collectors.

But collectors power the hobby while operators build the infrastructure that supports it.
Hobby Jobs is Brett’s first step toward documenting the business side of the hobby and creating a place where operators can learn from each other.
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