"IT'S NOT WORTH IT"
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a lot of this depends on the agency or place you work, plus the industry you're in.
I spent more than a few rotten years working in the ad-agency side of things..lots of late nights, round the clockers, etc etc. with nothing really to show for it...although i have to admit, it's the sort of thing that can be fun when you're in your early 20's.By the time i was in my late 20's, I'd gotten married, and it was all starting to look pretty ridiculous..especially to my wife who's a school teacher and more or less expected me to be getting home for supper at night...
I made the jump around 1999 to a consulting firm that was rich in highend developers but had nothing in the way of a design dept. I became the design dept.
It's been 12 or more years now, and I've been through the bubble, bought and sold a few times/ mergers etc etc....and am still with the same guy that hired me 12 years ago....(although it's a new company at this point)
I've stayed with him this long for a few reasons, but primarily its because:
1) he's a father too and expects to go home at 5pm
2) he has a crazy knack for finding amazing clients and getting awesome work from them
3) he's not a micro manager...he gives you a job, then goes away...his attitude is that he hired you with the understanding that you're an expert at what you do....so go ahead and do it....
closing in on 13 years this month and I am as happy as ever...as long as you have a clear work/life balance and really enjoy what you do, you'll be ok...
the trick is to find where you fit....
our office/firm is in many ways similar to 37 signals in terms of what we do and the size we are and how we do business....
not identical...but close enough for horseshoes and handgrenades...
so it's about as close to a perfect/fun/great working atmosphere as you can get....
find that, and you've found happiness...- very true... the right company / boss / clients / projects can make all the difference...vaxorcist
- a HUGE amount of the shit work in our business comes from agency being too desparate, taking ANY clients, not cultivating great future projects,etc...vaxorcist
- It is a salesman's job to say yes to everything. So salesmen should not be setting deadlines.monNom