All quiet on the workplace front . . .

With my client on vacation, my account manager switching to another account, and only one project on the table things are pretty quiet around here. I mean, I still have billing and budgets and various little things to take care of but that takes all of 1 hour at most. So begins the brain vomit:


When I started working at Modernista! 3 (holy shit) years ago I never thought I'd work in Account Management. I wanted to be a producer SO badly and I did everything they asked so they would promote me but after awhile it became obvious that it wasn't going to happen. So I moved back to California and started the quest again. Random circumstances have led me into Account Management at GS&P and I absolutely LOVE IT! The longer I've been in my job and the more I work with producers, the less I actually want to be one. And that realization came when I realized if I was going to be a producer, I wanted to be a MOVIE producer. I don't want to sit in editing/animation studios generating the billionth estimate/schedule for clients and fending off angry vendors that haven't been paid. I want to be on the set, getting my hands dirty, talking to people, and generally kicking ass.

The thing about commercial producers is that all the awesome parts of their job (travel, hanging on set) I can do in Account Management. And with Account Management I also get to drive the project strategically and practice some of my b-school skillz by creating awesome competitive presentations (business school for those who aren't in the know). So I get the best of both worlds. A teeny bit of creativity, using my brain on a daily basis, and managing projects.

The only problem was having to start all over again, at a less than stellar salary and just hoping to be promoted by the time I'm 27 (AGH!). Its definitely a blow to the ego when 22 year olds are doing the exact same things I am (if not more) and I just hope this all pays off at some point, because I really have been working my butt off and I don't totally feel like I have much to show for that yet. I think this next year will definitely be the decider.