I wish normal people thought what we do for a living is as cool as we think it is

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Y’all who came into advertising right out of college or high school and have been in it for like twenty years and this is all you’ve ever known as a career have a right to think it’s uncool.

I worked a bunch of boring, soul-killing office jobs wearing starched shirts and lanyards for like ten years before getting into this (frequently dumb, but still exciting) business and I still think it’s cool 😎

All this to say, I get you, OP.

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Disagree. They have no idea and that’s why it’s cool.

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🤣 who cares

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Whenever I tell people I work in advertising I always pause for a second awaiting their "oh wow that's awesome" reply.
It never comes.
I wish they knew, too.

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Jesus Christ. Seek help.

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It's alright OP. I'm completely with you

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People are typically impressed when I say what I do.

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Would that somehow make you feel better about the life you’ve chosen?

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Did you mean to say you wish what we did was as cool as what people think it is? Because if you didn’t, you sound like such a loser 😂

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Most of my friends and family think what I do is infinitely cooler than what they do for a living. Either way, all that matters is my enjoyment of it, not bragging rights.

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I agree OP. Here we are acting like we “affect culture” but regular people could care less and will usually just ask you if you worked on [insert some horrible tv spot here]. 🤦🏼‍♀️

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OP for what it’s worth, I wish we didn’t think we were as cool as we think we are. Cuz we’re not. And that’s evidenced by how many people outside of our clique fail to recognize our self-involved coolness.

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Aight never mind then. 👋🏻

Agree. They just don’t get what we do

Thx for the contribution ACD1 - super valuable

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