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Kevin Wilson just posted about a senior team on linkedin if you can find a partner and go for that.

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Are you me!? This is my story as well. I’m thankful to have pretty good WLB at the moment but that’s about it. The work my agency makes is portfolio repellent. I’m getting really worried that the longer I stay, the harder it will be to leave without any awards, press or new work.

“Portfolio repellant”. 🦠

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