Job Title: Miscellaneous
On January 20th, when I go to my school reunion where everyone will be passing out business cards and talking shop - I'm fairly certain that no one will have any idea what I'm talking about. Sometimes when I try to explain to people what I'm striving for - I can see their eyes sort of float off in boredom and I change the subject. What's the point?
It used to be so easy - "I work in advertising - I work on such-and-such brands" and mock-modestly saying how being an exec is a less glamorous job than it sounds.
The truth is, trying to be strategic in your career is like playing chess. It's slow. It's fucking complicated. But you have to look several steps ahead of the game in order to checkmate.
Oh the glory of it all!
I left a really fun agency job for a not-so-fun anti-agency job when I decided that I really wanted to be an interactive strategic planner. I've never heard of such a thing - and there wasn't such an opportunity at my last agency.
I want to learn so bad. Coming out of school, my quest for the Big Idea has been incessant. And now I've landed in a situation where I've sacrificed:
A part of me is very sad at this job. There's none of the razzle dazzle I miss so much. Sometimes I get so fucking tired of myself for ALWAYS being so goddamn demanding on myself. As I sit here while my ass gets fatter every day... when I'm about ready to just fucking be done with it - I'm confronted with a vision.
I see myself one day collaborating with other energetic, inspired people pumping out brilliant and elaborate strategies like it's nobody's business. It's this vision that keeps me going when I'm putting together Powerpoint presentations or talking to voicemails. I'd very much like to see it come true. Sooner rather than later would be nice.
It used to be so easy - "I work in advertising - I work on such-and-such brands" and mock-modestly saying how being an exec is a less glamorous job than it sounds.
The truth is, trying to be strategic in your career is like playing chess. It's slow. It's fucking complicated. But you have to look several steps ahead of the game in order to checkmate.
Oh the glory of it all!
I left a really fun agency job for a not-so-fun anti-agency job when I decided that I really wanted to be an interactive strategic planner. I've never heard of such a thing - and there wasn't such an opportunity at my last agency.
I want to learn so bad. Coming out of school, my quest for the Big Idea has been incessant. And now I've landed in a situation where I've sacrificed:
- My pride (a cushy agency job)
- My job title (account executive)
- My agency connections (I try my best to keep in touch)
- My cubicle (I sit on an island visible to all the VP's of this company)
A part of me is very sad at this job. There's none of the razzle dazzle I miss so much. Sometimes I get so fucking tired of myself for ALWAYS being so goddamn demanding on myself. As I sit here while my ass gets fatter every day... when I'm about ready to just fucking be done with it - I'm confronted with a vision.
I see myself one day collaborating with other energetic, inspired people pumping out brilliant and elaborate strategies like it's nobody's business. It's this vision that keeps me going when I'm putting together Powerpoint presentations or talking to voicemails. I'd very much like to see it come true. Sooner rather than later would be nice.
posted by min_o at
2:13 PM
1 Comments:
Jas,
I don't think I've met anyone who enjoys the wait. You're passionate and ambitious. It will come sooner than you'd expect. The fact that you've identified exactly what you want, puts you ahead of the game.
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