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Nicola Muthurangu-Hall's avatar

Great and thoughtful piece as always!

I often think to myself about what I would want to be when I grow up, and then realise I’m 35 and that I still don’t know! 🫠

I wish I’d had better education around the breadth of arts / digital skills and opportunities when I was young (my conclusion was always ‘you only study art if you want to be an artist’ etc. I hadn’t even heard of graphic design…) but like you, I do worry that ‘content creation’ is creating a massive gap with fewer people wanting to do those important but admittedly less glamourous jobs that hold up our infrastructure.

I do think we need to team up for a post on the value of having a job you hate too (retail, hospitality, call centre work) because honestly, those are the jobs that are surprisingly tough and do actually make you a better worker, a better citizen and frankly, a better person IMO 😂

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A Novel Solution | Ed Callow's avatar

I wanted to be a writer, and now I am a writer*. Working on getting rid of that asterisk.

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