I was reading about why poets make bad businesspeople but great CEOs. This is something that’s always vexed me about paths through the publishing industry.
(I’m about to describe a very well-known business idea called the Peter principle, but I’m specifically talking about writing and passion, not general competence.)
I love writing. It feels like the kind of thing I want to do professionally for the rest of my life. If I do well, I get “promoted,” but promoted to what? Manager? Executive? Do these people write?
Won’t go any further into this because, again, it’s very trite and lots of people have observed this before. But it’s a good reminder not to use “upward” and “downward” ladder language when talking about jobs. A writer is not an aspiring media CEO.