Loathing Math = A Career in Advertising

In looking through the set of sketchnotes Mike Rohde took at SXSWi this year, I came across this one (pink stars added by me using Skitch). The statement from Mr. Coudal is exactly why I ended up in advertising.

Upon graduating from high school, I attended Colorado School of Mines* on a baseball scholarship. It was my experience there, bouncing around various majors and really not enjoying any of the advanced math and science classes I had to take, that I realized I wanted to work in advertising. So I transferred and ended up getting a degree in marketing, which led to my first job as an intern at an ad agency.

Anyway, wanted to share a bit about how I ended up in this crazy business but more so, call out these great notes from Mike.

* This was mostly because it was the best education opportunity playing baseball presented me and at the ripe age of 18, I wasn't sure what I really wanted to do with my life other than play baseball at that point. It was also because the baseball coach told me I could major in Environmental Science in my second year because it was on its way to becoming a major (then just a minor). It wasn't.

Comments

[Mike Rohde]

Paul, thanks for the mention and relating the notes to your own experiences. It's been fascinating for me to see how SXSW attendees have been able to claim or resonate with the notes. It's very cool to see this in action on your post.