What's the secret to leaving pharma?

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1. Find the front door.
2. Walk through it.
3. Don’t come back.

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Don't get in it in the first place.

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Don’t have even one piece of pharma in your book, it will taint the whole book. Keep a separate book just for your old pharma stuff, just in case.

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I don’t buy into the idea that a single piece could taint your book, especially for a designer. You just want stuff in your book that looks great. For an AD or CW, your focus should be ideas, story, concept. If work you did on Pharma is conceptual and a creative campaign, how is that any different from campaigns for other clients?

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I worked in DM for too long. Never would I ever compare that work to the general work I or others have done. And pharma work, as a category, generally stinks.

Do you know a lot of people at your pharma agency going to the general side? Or social or content?

Usually, from what I have seen, people stay in pharma and stay in DM once there

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Not needing job security anymore.

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Death or Make a book of all spec work with no pharma in it and start your career over or at least drop a title or two

Stop taking drugs

Run

I’m an ad school graduate. I was stuck in DM for 14 years (some work was good in the beginning) for various reasons...apathy, pursuing entrepreneur stuff, etc.

But I never lost the spark of wanting (craving really, after my DM experience) to do good work.

I’m now working at a content agency doing digital and social and enjoying things immensely.

You may have to do some spec, but just make sure your portfolio is good.

Personally, even with all the DM we I did, I put a line in the sand about never doing pharma

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