Anybody go from agency-side to working at an ad tech company? What’s it like?

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Consulted for a year and loved it for the most part. Pros: if they're more tech than ad, then all the tech benefits, wfh and remote, great hours, laid-back vibe, smart folks. Cons: may be low pay depending on how small they are, only focused on digital advertising (display, programmatic) and don't really care to understand the full aspect of marketing, not super creative and a bit dry since you're either talking about data or tech dev.
All in all, I'd work there in an effort to transition to a full tech company but not if you want to do more creative work in advertising.

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Thanks! That’s super helpful. From what I’ve gathered it seems like there’s more money to be made but only if you’re selling / meeting with agencies the whole time.

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