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Stephanie Graham's avatar

I can relate to this as I’m in a pivot myself. I find this affirming and the comments of the others here. Congrats on the new agency!!

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Thank you, Stephanie. What‘a going on in your pivot?

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Stephanie Graham's avatar

That’s a private message lol

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Ooh, saucy.

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Tess McCarthy's avatar

Your new venture, Signal & Scale has got the right mix of copy and edgy design I like! WOW, you’re awesome!! 😎 I’d work with you!!

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Thanks, Tess. I appreciate it.

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Kevin Gentilcore's avatar

#3 hits hard. That feeling of aging and time not being on your side has been a huge obstacle in my creative life, convincing me I don’t have the time to build something again only to have it be a fart in the wind. It’s something I’ve been grappling with and is actually the central premise of a new project I’m now knee deep in.

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Interesting. Is this different than the fighting characters?

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Kevin Gentilcore's avatar

It is, albeit fighting game related.

So for the vagueness, I wasn’t planning to talk about it until I have more concrete work done but your newsletter point #3 is a big part of it lol.

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Noted.

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Amber Eve's avatar

Thanks so much for the mention! And as someone who had to change career in her 40s, this is very relatable to me, too!

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Thanks for penning that post. Now you know what's coming for you in your 50s. 😂

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Jen Mayer | Makeist's avatar

With a few small edits this could be my life story right now too! I feel like I’m completely starting from scratch (of course I’m not, I have all of my experience up to now). But starting something at 49 vs when I started my design firm at 25 is so vastly different. We can do it! 💪

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Let’s F**king GO!

Thanks, Jen.

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Jen Mayer | Makeist's avatar

I listened to this today and a lot of it really resonated: https://jonathanfields.substack.com/p/2x20-update-6-months-of-new-experiments

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Dave Conrey's avatar

Wow, what a great concept. Love this.

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