Honestly? It's a total coin toss. My first marketing gig was actually a laugh-great team, we'd all grab drinks after work, proper social life. Felt like cheating at adulthood.
Then job number two? That one sucked the life right out of me. Quit about three times before it finally stuck. But-and here's the kicker-everything I learned there about campaigns, budgets, and dodging internal politics? Gold dust. That experience landed me freelance work, which eventually helped me launch my own brand. So yeah, the misery had a purpose.
If you're actually learning something useful, grit your teeth and hoard that knowledge like a squirrel with nuts. But if you're just stomaching stress for no growth at all? Run, don't walk. That burnout isn't a rite of passage-it's a trap.
