Agency copywriters (in Toronto): what’s your pivot/exit plan after agency life? Client side seems to be crap work & bureaucratic, are there other creative options I haven’t thought of yet?

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no. we're all screwed. we have no transferable skills.

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Damn, that’s what I figured.

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