My old company was performing badly, so I left.
I used to work for an SEO company and it was a pretty interesting job. I learned a lot from the other SEO experts there, and became one of their most important SEO consultants. Later I left that job and got involved in advertising, but I’ve never been able to make as much money in this new field, or rise in the ranks.
Working for an SEO company involves having a lot of skill with words. SEO experts know all about finding ways to make different words and catchphrases fit into writing naturally. SEO consultants have to be skilled in analyzing a website and trying to determine why it doesn’t get the desired level of traffic. I was good at all these things, and I think I had a shot at becoming a top level manager if I had stayed on.
The only reason I changed jobs was because I decided that my SEO company was a little bit behind the times. They were badly in need of new management, and there were no signs of change on the horizon. A lot of SEO consultants and other SEO experts were leaving because they felt the environment was less than profitable, and it was time to jump off the ship before it sunk.
The company actually ended up turning things around, and they’ve made quite a lot of money since. If I had anticipated that, I probably wouldn’t have left in the first place.