I worked with a Junior AD that skipped college and went straight to portfolio school. I was mad resentful of him at first, mostly because I wish I would have thought of that and saved $100K.

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At least with a college degree there’s hope for leaving the industry if all else fails.

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Did you not learn anything valuable in college that wasn’t advertising related? Being well rounded is helpful.

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There are a lot of life skills your learn in college.

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Second AD2. I’d be insufferable without the life I learned in college. Opportunity to make dumb mistakes and not ruin your career over it.

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If I could do it all over, I would’ve done exactly that: skipped four years of liberal arts bullshit and gone straight to a portfolio school. Didn’t know that was an option, actually. I thought ad schools were like graduate schools

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I learned a lot on the job. There were some valuable lessons but I would trade it for the head start this kid got.

I didn’t go to ad school but studies graphic design for two years. Learned as an intern, also Lynda.com for the adobe suite was a life saver.

Yeah. I mean it’s pretty cool that if you’re talented you can make a good living off two years of secondary schooling tho right? Especially with how bogus higher ed here is (I went to a liberal arts college for 150k so obviously I’m with ya on the hindsight is 20/20)

Be jealous of the people who when to college and not a job not the ones that just went to portfolio school.

Be jealous of everyone! It’s healthy!

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