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Andrew Smith's avatar

Brian, I felt that burnout! I think I told you that I briefly contemplated being a KM, but realized 60+ hours of work for like a $23K salary (back then, still worth peanuts today) was a nonstarter.

Also: I like the images! Are some form Dall E or Midjourney?

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BrianAlfred1983's avatar

Getting to call yourself an executive chef or even a KM has a high price tag and a relatively low payout. I do remember you saying that you had thought about making a career out of it but you were probably wise not to. I have played around with Dall E a bit but all of those images came from pixabay.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Nice, man. I like Dall E -- it's pretty intuitive, I'd say, but I'm also okay with getting unexpected outcomes. I guess it's part of my creative process, in a way. There's also a native image generator here on Substack, but the images aren't amazing.

Totally agree about not going into management being a good decision, although suffering through a year or two would have maybe taught me some tough life lessons.... but of course I learned those through other ways anyway.

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