Last week Emily Jasper — our most recent addition to the content team here at The Starr Conspiracy — and I attended Talent Net Live in Dallas. If you haven’t been, I recommend you catch one of their next shows.

There is this semi-permanent fixation on the world of advertising. The rise of Mad Men didn’t help, but it didn’t start there. Advertising professionals are expected to be and known for being creative, witty, and irreverent. You can often choose from a deck of vices a couple of times and be spot on.