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Your Career in TV |
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Agree with many posters |
| Date Posted: |
05/10/2005 |
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When is it time to leave the business? Hard to say. I left two years ago - I knew it was time when I got a headache each day on the way to work - and all I wanted to do when I got home - was go to bed. I went to work on a project that involved news - but not the pressure of ratings, etc. It was a nice break and I learned a lot about myself and news ... but when I had the chance to go back in the field - I jumped on it. Yes, it breaks your heart at times ... yes you may work with assholes and the hours and money aren't the greatest (hard to keep plugging away when your peers in other fields rake in the BIG bucks) ... but I don't know of any other job where you aren't chained to a desk - no two days are ever the same ... and you meet so many different people. I intend to stick with it - for a bit longer - it seems to be in my blood! |
| Message: |
I've been going through what a lot of you describe.
After graduating from a top J-School, I've wroked as both a producer and reporter.
Many days I dread going to work. I really can't find an exact reason, but it just seems much less fullfilling than even I was doing work as a student.
What makes it even more frustrating is when I look to the future and it looks bleak. At the same time, I can't imagaine doing anything else and being happy.
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