I never thought to apply to a job that was geared towards what I was passionate about — marketing and advertising, trying to get and chase money. The exception was I always considered myself as the talent, even when I was at the studio. It was to get my foot in the door for some potential studio time but I ended up working at the front desk because the contacts I’d accumulated by then were assets.
I only just now started going deep in my research for jobs, starting with Paramount Network. I followed up the food chain, applying to places like Bet, Viacom and VH1, but those places were accumulated by parent companies. I’d considered it a sellout really. I mean, after all, I did start out by going to a historically Black university.
