>>>"The grass is always greener on the other side", so goes the popular phrase. Usually following the initial realization that a job is not the life altering positive experience one had expected the newly hired artist will embark on an incognito job search behind the back of their employer. They figure they must have just gotten a rotten apple. The dream job must still be out there somewhere, perhaps at the studio up the road. The grass will be greener there.
Eventually the realization is made that it's all brown grass. The green grass was a myth created partially by yourself as fuel for your ambitions, and partially by those already in the industry to disguise their own disappointment. A job, is a job, is a job.<<<
This is my favorite part out of all of the articles so far. :p