last night i finally made my first steps towards looking for a new job. as much as i hate this job - the politics, the lack of brain-usage, etc. - it will be really hard to part with the team that i've grown so close to. my boss is awesome and who knows if i'll ever find another one as cool as her.

everyone has this "master plan" about how life will go. i thought i'd end up at an ad agency, working up the ranks before going back to school. now here i am in this position at a company where i can't really move up. and for my next job... i don't even know what i want anymore. agencies are tough; you can lose your job the moment you lose an account. the video game industry is interesting and i have a year under my belt and a good number of contacts, but eh. i don't play video games.

it would be so easy to stay here, making my meager paycheck doing stupid work and getting decent perks: free meals, the occassional presents and free trip. christmas, the sony summit and e3 are just around the corner... but is it all worth it to stay here?

i'm 24. which can mean a different things to different folks. 1) i'm so young and i shouldn't be so serious about what i'm doing in my career. lots of folks aren't even out of college or have half the experience i do and i should be grateful that i've been so lucky. or 2) there are those who are getting promotions and working their way towards being an exec in their 30s and i haven't even stayed at a company for a long enough time to gain rank.

blah, too much grown up stuff to think about. time to go to a free lunch, i'll worry about this crap later.