Strats who’ve gone on to work platform side (Twitter, Google, Facebook)...care to share what life is like? Interview tips welcome too...

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I did and I really missed the creative side of things and came back to agency. It really was the hardest career decision I’ve made because on the other hand, I was learning more than I ever thought possible and there are so many things happening at those places like product innovation that I personally found incredibly interesting, but I really missed the creative side of things. Which is definitely one thing to use to your advantage, you have an innate ability to solve more abstract issues that they don’t often see, so you should feel extremely confident interviewing. Sure there will be new things and complex things but I learned that my experience and ability to jump in to learn the business and roll up my sleeves was more important to them than me not having tech experience.

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