driveress:
Whatever you do at that point don’t say you want to earn your stripes and will do whatever they want you to do.
I’m going to take your advice too Carryfast. I’m not going to tell anyone that I want to earn my stripes, and I’m not going to be pushed around, but I do expect to…
prove yourself, within your parameters, on the bottom rung. Do a decent job and you will progress.
The bottom rung is a position, a starting point, it’s not a crap job. It needn’t take very long to move up the rungs if you start on the right bottom rung in the first place and commit yourself to learning.
I think that’s the gist of the helpful advice on this thread so far - within the parameters of working with agencies, how to avoid being messed about and how to get where you want to go.
What a shame you couldn’t read this post last century, Carryfast.