Lookin for advice: My work isn’t good enough for the places I actually want to work for. Should i just apply for jobs at places I am not super interested in, then try to work on passion projects on the side? Anyone else been in a situation where they’re doing jobs they’re not 100% psyched about?

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Yeah, that's what most people in the industry do.

And as someone who's worked at what could be considered "dream agencies", I guarantee you that many of the people at your dream agency are also working on jobs they're not 100% psyched about.

Get the job you can get, and keep working and getting better until you're good enough to get the job you want.

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Thanks for adding this perspective—makes me feel a lot better in some ways. And worse in others haha, i guess it’s competitive out there.

Your portfolio gets better one project at a time. I had a “bad” book (in my opinion) until one day I didn’t (in my opinion)

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What type of work do you generally do and why don’t you think it’s good enough? Are you looking at agency or in-house?

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Thank you for this. 🙏

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