If you decided to leave advertising today, and have thought about other jobs you might you want to pursue (especially throughout 2020), what have they been? I’ll start (and be honest):

Mailman.
Coffin Maker.
Obituarist.

Go.

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Photographer (like not a commercial one, one of those that just shoots newborns and elopements)
Etsy shop owner for some quirky product Ive dreamed up
Move to a sketchy beach town and take over their local ad market. Live my life making easy billboards, newspaper ads, and signs on reasonable deadlines with little rounds of revisions— swim in the sea, eat cheap tacos, drink a margarita every night, and walk my dog on the beach.

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Port Aransas, TX comes to mind. Lots more on the gulf coast, I’m sure.

- Music producer
- Coffee shop owner
- Video game arcade owner (plz come back to life)
- Therapist
- Porn scriptwriter
- Investment banker (if I'm gonna work a ton of hours, might as well make good money
- CIA case officer

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I’d start an Only Fans. Gimme dat 💰💰💰!

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You can def do this now. Been thinking about it too

Chocolate collector

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“Don’t touch that! This chocolate’s just for lookin’.”

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Park ranger or forest ranger.

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I’d probably own a coffee shop

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Came here to say that

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Interior designer.

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Butcher

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Sell plants!

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Ceramist or furniture designer, and photographer/director + writer.

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being queer eye 5 in 1 for people, volunteering to save cats, basically the things I have been doing to help out but getting enough $ to survive doing that

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Grocery store/stripclub.

So when husbands say they’re heading to the grocery store to grab sugar they won’t be lying.

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I’ll work here.

Curator

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Wilderness EMT / helicopter pilot / ski patrol for surrrrre

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The nurses who get to be with patients as they wake up from wisdom teeth surgery

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I kicked and punched my nurse when I was under. By the look on her face when i came to, I wouldn’t have wanted to be her. Thankfully she was ok, if not a little shaken.

Barista. Chef. Architect. Wedding Planner.

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Team One was that exciting, huh?

Book and stationery shop

Mailman was on my list as well. Same with psych therapist.

Closet and storage organizer; personal shopper.

Woodworker / Furniture Refinisher

Why so much desire to be a mailman?

Bukowski is a bad Henry Miller knockoff. I said it.

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All Saints leather jacket — yay or nay?

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Hi Gds folks..
Please let me know if anyone faced or heard of such scenario..
In offer letter it is written i need to pay back the joining bonus if i leave the company or get terminated within 1 year.
If i resign within 1 year (at 10th month) and my last working day falls after 1 year, counting 90days notice, do i still need to pay the joining bonus back?

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Considering the current fall in the equity and crypto market, which would be your go-to stocks / coins?

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“DS Algo round is to evaluate candidate’s skills on the same, not to show off interviewer’s problem framing skills”

Saying it out of few interview Experiences. Agree?

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Wait so if the confederacy was only around for 5 years, what kinda legacy/heritage are people even trying to preserve?? 🤔🤔

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Do CXO / CXO - 1 level folks in industry routinely work / have phone calls late into the evening - Talking post dinner till like 9pm/10pm. I receive a lot of mail chatter (feedback on material, accepting calendar invites etc) at that time from executives at clients but not as much from more junior folks.

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Should I feel bad for working with more than 1 realtor. I’m still trying to feel out who is working in my best interest been to at least 1 open house with 2 realtors I wonder if this is normal or considered rude

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Hello Fishes,
I am on notice period and manager is not allowing me to take the leave. every Saturday we work and applied the com off . Even com off also he is not giving and said that we can take maximum of 2 comp off only.
Is it true. How many leaves we can take in no. I currently have 4 RH ,1 my leave and 7 comp off

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How much CTC can we expect from CG for 10 YOE?

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Just landed a new job after a 4 month scuba sabbatical. Promised myself a GS for returning to work. SBGA211, SBGA407 or SBGY007? Current collection is Rolex GMT 116710 BLNR and Radiomir PAM00753. Leaning towards the Snowflake as a daily.

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Ladies when did you infant outgrow being swaddled to sleep?

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Looking for insight into the strategist and analyst roles at Google Brand Studio. Is it like being a planner on the agency side?

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Any firms hiring at analyst level in M&A?

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Whatever happened to WK London? Don’t hear about them anymore - the work, the talent, the jobs. Did they fade into the cobbles of Brick Lane?

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Feeling very much relieved due to extensions. Finally some peace to myself!!

Hi fishes,

Can someone please give some idea about the work life balance in opentext. The kind of work we get and is it worth joining as a java developer.
The techstack being used in accelerate suite of products.

@opentext

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So we unionizing or what?

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