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Im sure you thought of this but you can do your own work on the side for that hit of real creativity. Truth is probably both the classmate and the pro do boring client work to pay the bills too. Grass isn't always greener. Even the people that design book covers are just pixel pushers for marketing departments.
The best solution I've seen is to make your own art, promote and market that, and it can lead to freelance with clients who want exactly what you're offering. Somebody like Lauren Hom who did her own lettering work, got clients from it and quit her AD job to do it full time. It's not easy or fast but it seems like a better alternative to this unfulfilling agency work. Personally I'd be mad that I never took the chance.
With you in solidarity. Advertising kills so much artistic passion