Would leaving agency to go in house negatively impact my long term career? I'd love to get back into agency, I have ~5 years agency at this point. Looking at some good in house opportunities but don't want to hurt my long term prospects.

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Not at all. In house is typically more stable and you get amazing experience. Then later, it shows you understand the client more, which makes you more valuable at an agency. Experience is experience.

Also don’t worry about it until you have a job offer.

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Agreed with the above. Also, you can always ask for more time when evaluating a job offer. They expect you to negotiate.

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Once you go in house you’re never going to want to go back to agency life. Especially when that first bonus hits.

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Same. Never by free will

No it will probably help your career. One of my mentors gave the advice that not having client side experience can cap your growth if you want to eventually move into agency leadership.

Like any move just be thoughtful about whether the opportunity will give you impact, visibility, mentorship, etc. Getting to work on interesting problems, surrounded by smart people, is important whether it's client side or agency side.

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Wonderful advice thank you :) this is great to hear

In house is the way

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You will benefit from leaving agency life. Plus, you can always go back.

I'm struggling to find in house gigs. Any tips?

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I’m getting a lot of messages on LinkedIn from recruiters! Def recommend checking the looking for work part and emphasizing your skills in the profile summary. They also are all looking for relevant DTC experience if you can emphasize that. Good luck!

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