Samantha Bee: Your Dream Job Will Suck. Do It Anyway.
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Samantha Bee shares valuable career insights from her experiences at 'The Daily Show' and 'Full Frontal'.
"Even your dream job sucks." That's not cynicism — it's the most useful career advice Samantha Bee has. On this episode of The Messy Parts, she tells Maryam what 12 years at “The Daily Show” and running “Full Frontal” actually taught her: that no one hands you management training before you're leading 75 people, that public setbacks feel enormous and matter less than you think, and that the comparison game — "looking in other people's food bowls" — is where careers go to stall. Her rule for a...
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