Media horror stories… Discovered something live that shouldn’t have been? Added an extra $0 onto a daily budget? We’ve all been there. Share your largest oops in the media world and any advice to younger media wizards.

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I repeatedly messed up trafficking at my first job. Several times it was noticed by the client, and one time it was caught by the C-suite on our very expensive takeover (the client was a huge well-known corporation btw). It was a huge deal. We had to share all our following traffic sheets with the client to QA. I cried lol

To younger media wizards, shit happens. Don’t let your mistakes define you as a person. Care just enough not to do this again, but not to take it with you once you log off for the day.

To older media wizards… trust your direct reports, but QA the shit out of their work.

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Remember a few years ago, when an intern sent a test email to millions of HBO customers? Yea, that really was an intern.

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Yup. Complete with all other vendor budgets and prices.

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