Mike Sparks is a copywriter and project manager at Roland Instruments, living and working in Seattle WA. As a working musician with 16 years in the grocery industry, Mike talks about the disorienting transition to the corporate office environment; how relinquishing ego writing ad copy impacted his own creativity, differentiating between passion and ambition, and trading a day job for the ability to pursue art on your own terms.Producer: Robin LandyMastering: Matthew SolbergFollow @90000hrspod on InstagramEmail: ninetythousandhourspod@gmail.comIntro: &#34;Crossing The Line&#34; - Eric Andrew KuhnUnderscore: &#34;Looking Back,&#34; &#34;Scatter, &#34; &#34;Signs&#34; - Eric Andrew Kuhnhttps://www.ericandrewkuhn.comSupport the show at https://www.patreon.com/90000hourspod Support this podcast at — <a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/90-000-hours/donations'>https://redcircle.com/90-000-hours/donations</a>

Megan: Artist/Illustrator

90,000 Hours is a podcast exploring how people really feel about what they do. Loosely inspired by Studs Terkel&#39;s seminal 1974 book &#34;Working,&#34; 90,000 Hours peers into a diverse cross section of working lives to reveal how most jobs differ from what you&#39;d imagine; the complexities lurking in the day-to-day; and ultimately, the unexpected ways that work unites us in the human experience.Beautifully paced and edited into a first person narrative style with musical textures, this &#34;podcast about working&#34; ends up being about more than just work, including common themes such as separation of self-worth from our occupations, labor politics, imposter syndrome, and so much more. 