When I think about my creative career based on the spectrum shared by Joe Hallock, I immediately think about whom I want to impact, not where I aspire to work. For me, I am a “why” person. There has to be a good reason why I’m doing something. If the why doesn’t align with my values or I find it meaningless then I’m not interested. I’ve worked in over 12+ jobs, in different careers and continents searching for this why. Once there is a solid reason why nothing else matters.
Questions like:
-Why am I getting paid so little?
-Why am I doing this for free when I can be getting paid so much more?
-Why did I move across the world for this?
-Why am I living with so little when I can be making more $ with a soulless job?
Go out the window.
If the purpose is there, I am here for it no matter how tiring or dirty the job is/was. Once I find out my why doesn’t align with my purpose, value, or interests I move on. This brings me back to this very corporate-looking diagram, I’d rather be doing work that is purposeful and/or for a good cause for little money than trying to do why-less work for a lot of money. I’ve done this for the past 10 years and have no desire to change/upgrade my minimal lifestyle for purposeless work until different life circumstances need me to.
So, yeah I guess the spectrum doesn’t matter as long as there’s a why. But of course, having creative work that inspires and interests me is always a plus but that’s not my priority.