why people hate advertising
"Mostly because it’s full of assholes that take the industry far too seriously. It’s advertising. We just create noise. Chill out"
View it as a job, not a calling. Care a lot but very little at the same time.
The issue is that when you first step into a job in advertising, you're enamoured by the glitz and glam. Then 8 years into the job, you realise that it's all a facade, and we place so much self-importance on things that are essentially minute and pointless like ads for diapers or tampons. It's hard to derive fulfilment from a job like that.