A small lingering thought of mine from this week is if advertising is a permanent life career. Looking at the agencies, its evident that there is a lot of “young” talents. Looking at a longer and deeper scope of what my career could look like its ambiguous how long i’ll be in this career. As I was visualizing what my career could look like Bob talked about how within his experience in the field only 6 of his friends are still in it today. He said it’s because its a lot of energy that is consumed while working in ad.  Even though they are in different carers, he said that the skills from advertising convert to other careers. Advertising might not be my life long career but it is a career that helps me to convey messages and to tell stories. This is a life skill that is necessary for all careers. I think Bob’s insight really relieved my stresses regarding my career. Going to all the agencies and companies theres a common pattern. The professionals said that they  didn’t expect themselves to be where they are today in the past. I’m going to take my opportunities and my strengths and see where my career takes me.

David Choe 05.14.17

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