September 25, 2004

dream job

6 Comments

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Some­body recently asked me what my dream job would be.
Being a pro­fes­sio­nal car­too­nist is not it. I abso­lu­tely loathe the bunker-dwelling lifestyle. I abso­lu­tely des­pise the mar­ket most car­too­nists have to sch­lep in.
Being a con­ven­tio­nal adver­ti­sing copyw­ri­ter is also not it. Most copyw­ri­ters are unins­pi­red hacks with only a small bag of smar­tass tricks sepa­ra­ting them­sel­ves and obli­vion. Very few of them bring any seriously ori­gi­nal thin­king to their client

6 Responses to “dream job”

  1. Dan Sherman says:
    September 26, 2004 at 5:41 pm

    Hi Hugh,
    I couldn’t find any con­tact info on your blog so I’m resor­ting to lea­ving a com­ment.
    I think your blog would be a per­fect blog to offer as a prin­tout for peo­ple to read from begin­ning to end, via a hard copy, in the com­fort of their easy chair… etc. I own printmyblog.com. We basi­cally com­pile your blog into a boo­klet and send it to your rea­ders if they order it. You just publish the order link and we take care of everything else. With your enter­tai­ning con­tent and the fact that you don’t rely so much on lin­king out of the blog (although we take care of that too, in your boo­klet), your blog would be a good can­di­date for our ser­vice.
    Any­way, check it out. You can see it in action at the end of each of my own blog posts. I have a “PS” blurb telling rea­ders they can order my entire blog in print to read at their own lei­sure. My blog is at http://www.dansherman.com.
    Cheers!
    Dan

  2. Katherine says:
    September 26, 2004 at 11:46 pm

    I actually know a com­pany that would be inte­res­ted in this idea. What kind of a salary would you be loo­king for?

  3. hugh macleod says:
    September 27, 2004 at 10:33 am

    Dop me an e-mail and I’ll let you know, Kathe­rine. Thanks for the interest =)

  4. David says:
    September 28, 2004 at 4:57 am

    hi hugh!
    An email with the

  5. Camnel says:
    October 6, 2004 at 5:42 pm

    Hugh… you’ve ins­pi­red me and con­fir­med the thoughts that have only just now begun to sink in and stick. Fin­ding that fine balance bet­ween sex and cash, put­ting in the time, and rejoi­ning the ranks of the freaks. And the fact that as an artist, kno­wing my pre­de­ces­sors and con­tem­po­ra­ries is impor­tant. But kno­wing myself and my work is the MOST impor­tant.
    Thanks! I’m hungry for the book for­mat (which would be great as a poc­ket book so that anyone nee­ding ins­pi­ra­tion, or a rea­lity check, at a moment’s notice can flip it open).

  6. Job Master says:
    October 22, 2004 at 2:15 pm

    I just wan­ted to say that you’ll make a really talen­ted one-in-all spe­cia­list. It’s a shame you haven’t found your dream job so far.