Peeling a layer of an onion

I've purposely avoided talking about my career within my blog. It has been fairly easy while being on maternity leave but that is soon coming to an end. My career is a huge part of who I am and I feel like I'm being secretive about myself by not dishing out any clues as to how I earn a living.

I know that in .2 seconds anyone who wants to find me could use the almighty google and my identity would be exposed. By just mentioning the overall industry, I'm a little too easy to find. But my job is a driving force of what makes me tick and it has always been my passion. I don't work to live. I live to work so it's only fair that I divulge this dirty little secret.

Like the advertising industry, it is very fickle with regular lay offs. People shuffle around hoping the next company will appreciate their creative efforts.

Competition is fierce. Companies merge and downsize. Every job is fought over like we are pirates dueling for the treasure.

It's very much still a boys club. Only women with serious balls climb to high spots on the corporate ladder. It is acceptable for business to be done in strip clubs.

There are too many Fakers. They think they are all that, as they flutter around a room giving out air kisses. Too much importance is thrust upon remaining young and attractive in order to earn the respect of our peers. We all lie about our age and are in search of cool clothes.

Office hours are a little more flexible as we are required to be out many evenings until 2 A.M. Parties are a plenty. Drinking is mandatory. We keep bars open with massive tabs being racked up every night of the week.

There are way too many people within my industry cheating on their significant others. It is also very incestuous with many couples finding true love within this same profession.

It's an industry raging against the Internet. Realizing they are fighting a losing battle, they have begun to embrace it much too late in the game.

So do you have any guesses? Think Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll. I feel pretty lucky to make my living in the music industry. That is pretty much all I can write since I have signed my confidentiality agreement in blood. But so far, no pacts with the Devil.