'Money' magazine confirms it: Ad types have some of the best jobs in America
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Ooo, take that, environmental scientists. Suhhnap.
Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Apr 13, 2006 3:09:09 PM
I can see why they would say that. It is a fun job that gives one the opportunity for unlimited creativity. And if you get decent clients, it's pays extremely well. For the most part there's very little stress compared to other jobs.
Posted by: Susanna K. Hutcheson | Apr 13, 2006 5:23:41 PM
Yeah, no stress for you, Susanna. I can tell from that crap site you put together you don't really stress about doing good work.
Posted by: The King | Apr 13, 2006 6:02:18 PM
Thank you for the critique, The King. All opinions are welcome. If you'll be good enough to give us your URL we'll take a look at your site so we'll know how we can improve our "crap site."
Posted by: Susanna K. Hutcheson | Apr 13, 2006 8:30:26 PM
The 'averages' are always misleading in these lists, especially in our industry. I know some people making 900% more than someone else in similar positions...all depends on location, profile and talent. As for job satisfaction and other parts of it, well, advertising has been steadily slipping in cache over the last 40 years with the eroding of overall ad industry power in relation to the clients'.
Posted by: sandrista | Apr 13, 2006 11:50:24 PM
I think an awful lot of the job satisfaction and earnings depend also on the type of clients we serve. Some of us have clients with very limited funds. Others have major clients in Fortune 500 companies. So while copywriters in both cases might be equally as good, their earning power is dependent on their clients ability to pay.
Posted by: Susanna K. Hutcheson | Apr 14, 2006 8:55:47 AM
I have a job where people apologize for interrupting me while I'm listening to my ipod. And copywriter was one of the lower-rated ad jobs? Psh.
Posted by: CorruptedJournalist | Apr 14, 2006 9:42:46 AM
This is all B.S. These list mean nothing as every job is different.
I mean, if some woman absolutely loves getting gang banged from all angles, then perhaps 'Porn Star'is the best career for her?
Freakin' lists. Enough with the lists.
Everyone is worried about what Mr. & Mrs. Dingleberry are doing.
Posted by: HogWash | Apr 14, 2006 3:22:05 PM
Of course it's crap.
All these lists are.
Some journalist figures out the end result he or she wants and then manipulates some statistics to prove it.
Some ad people are wildly happy, others miserable.
What that survey leaves out is that very few agencies seem to employ anyone over 50 in anything other than a top management position. So while there's job satisfaction, there's certainly not longevity. (Compare that to say a lawyer, who may hate being a lawyer, but a 55 year old lawyer is treated with more respect than a 28 year old one.)
And no, I'm nowhere near 50. Just like to look down the road sometimes.
Posted by: BigBadWolf | Apr 15, 2006 11:52:32 PM
Susannah- In your "Sunny" pdf about ringtones- you have "posse" spelled "possy" - unless that's a special British spelling, you may want to correct it.
Posted by: BigBadWolf | Apr 16, 2006 12:03:09 AM
Copywriter is as good as a job being a movie star. First, not everybody will get the job, and second, those who do are not guaranteed they'll have it tomorrow. If you consider an unstable job a good one, then the list is right.
Posted by: Annoy nimous | Apr 18, 2006 1:11:52 PM
