My family member who’s 36 wants to get into copywriting. What advice would you give & what would you suggest for portfolio / resume building if portfolio school wasn’t an option?

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That is right about the age where they start pushing you out. If you aren’t a CD by 40 you won’t have a job.

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Damn for real. That sucks

I would suggest they go into a skilled trade where they can actually make money and not be unemployed

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Or if you started a cleaning business. You’d be ceo and janitor

It’s not a profitable career path when entering late. Would recommend looking at alternatives.

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It’s not profitable when entering early but you have more time to make the money. When you start late you’ll be at the 50k starting most likely busting your butt

Hate to say it but sounds like a great waste of time, money and energy.

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Thank you for your opinion. I know only two people who got hired as senior creatives right away and grew into CDs fast but they were creme de la creme and hustled their asses off.

Not as true for direct response, if they’d consider that route.

When you said direct response I thought you meant like emergency room EMT jobs. I’ve never heard of direct response before

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