[Mark Suszko] "it's the most stable situation with the greatest creative freedom and level of personal control you can expect to have, outside of funding your own studio from a massive lottery win."
The massive lottery win is the key, especially if you have enough money that you never have to work again. You don't have to look too far around the Cow to find lots of well-funded studios that simply don't have clients walking in the door. All the experience, expertise, awards, freedom, and self-determination that comes from owning your shop mean NOTHING if there's nobody coming in the door.
Unless of course you have enough money that you don't need to work.
There are obviously plenty of reasons to strike out on your own, and lots of people here have. But you can also strike out, period. Solid is a good thing.
[Mark Suszko] "You want more "glamour" or something? "Glamour" jobs in broadcast and advertising mean more money (sometimes) but also high turnover, lots of travel, no job security, high stress."
Glamour jobs don't necessarily mean more money anymore -- especially as companies are increasingly taking formerly glamorous work in-house!!! Leaving an in-house gig is going exactly the OPPOSITE way the industry is going.
Swimming upstream can be fun, but there's a reason that salmon die when they finish the trip up the river. No job is all gravy -- that's why they call it WORK -- but you might be able to have a longer, happier, more productive and creative life with a steady job in corporate/non-profit/in-house work, and work fewer hours, with actual benefits and paid vacation.
You're young now, but you have no idea how much these things are worth. That's not to say that this isn't a good time to be bold and start something for yourself -- but it's virtually certain that when you get older, you're going to look for a job that's exactly like the one you have now.
As ever, yr kindly if sometimes cranky Uncle Timmy.
Tim Wilson
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