Most people don't really want to work with a passionate person.

Why? A passionate person is hard to work with - they are always trying harder, pushing to do things better, the assignment doesn't matter to them, they struggle to settle/compromise. They make others look bad.

There some people for whom the work is never just a job. And many in the advertising industry despises these people. Oh, we claim to be a community of passionate thinkers and creators but the work doesn't reflect that - how we treat the creative work says otherwise.

Advertising has grown too big for its on good. We've outgrown the idea that the work has value. Look at how we pay our people, and what we charge for the work. Notice the amount of time and conditions we allow for the work to be done in. You can't tell me we give a crap.

We are consumed with being a business and less with doing great work. Hell, we have excuses for not even pretending to do great work. And quality, pfft, what a joke we've made of producing quality work. We talk more about numbers than design, copy and emotions.

We quote David Ogilvy about selling while ignoring what he said about speaking to the human being with respect. No one trusts us because they see that we have sold our standards for a price. This ain't an industry for the passionate. Not anymore. It should be.