Optimistic 23 year old here thanks Fishbowl for crushing my dreams of having a role I love in advertising one day ✨

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If this makes you stop pursuing your dreams... what the fuck. This is just a venting zone. A bunch of salty motherfuckers unloading their shit. Keep dreaming, get that role you want. Take what's useful from here and fuck everything else. It's all noise. Entertaining noise, but still noise.

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Realistic 25 year old here says, "You're welcome."

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Go to any other industry and its all just the same

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How can dreams be crushed without first putting them in trash compactor? - Ancient Proverb

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Optimistic 41 year old: it really is a great job

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Honestly nothing will make me stop pursuing my dreams but thanks for the concern razorfish 😘

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Ok I will tell you this having been both an agency person and a Client, the agency world is fantastic. You are paid to be in a creative environment with creative people and make great ideas come to life. Is it hard? Absolutely! Are clients and co-workers tough? Yes. But at the end of the day you're working in a creative environment getting to bring ideas to life. Try spending the day selling insurance or pounding the pavement trying to drum up real estate deals or pulling a lever on an assembly line. People gripe but it's relative. It's challenging but it's also a pretty great way to spend your day. Unless you can be a successful actor. If you have that option, be an actor.

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Leo B OP the plus side is working in a creative environment with funny and fun people hopefully doing great work for clients who appreciate you. Also there's beer in the fridge, free lunches, funded travel and discounts! And most everyone I know is Liberal!!!

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😘

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@Leo, it's VML girl ;-) old, female and happy

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Better you know now

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33 year old. Heartbroken it's not as amazing as I had hoped and/or want it to be.

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Hang in there, just weeding out the weak.

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32 year old on the way out of the industry but super thankful to the business for preparing me to crush literally anything that comes my way

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Dreams are for sleeping. Get back to work.

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Thank you VML guy, you the real MVP 💕

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"Dream bigger than advertising?" Says the person working in advertising...

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Awesome to hear

Dream bigger than advertising?

Sorry VML girl! Very glad to hear :)

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