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When I Grow Up

November 09, 2005

Growing up I never had a clear idea what I wanted to do with my life. My focus or lack thereof, ranged from doctor to lawyer to writer to veterinarian to "business person." I couldn't have been older than 9 and I wasn't sure exactly what business people did but it seemed important, there were a lot of them, and they dressed well. Advertising Executive, let alone Account Planner, was not even in my field of vision at that young and vulnerable age, but if it was, I'm sure that dream of my life's work wouldn't sound nearly as depressing (or accurate) as this:

And yes, I still like my job, thankyouverymuch, but that comment about busting ass to get a $1,500 raise is soul crushingly accurate.

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