Disclaimer: this post is in no way designed to denigrate early career marketers. I wish you all success finding supportive employers and mentors to grow in your career. My POV: I've seen on this platform and elsewhere a lot of folks struggle with taking an entry level or early career job where they are the sole marketer for a small business. My take is early career roles where you are the sole marketer, reporting to a head of sales or CEO/business owner, are generally a recipe for disaster. Why: 1) when you're early in your career, you need managers and mentors who will help you gain the skillsets to be a great marketer. It's not enough to learn by doing, you need professional guidance to hone your craft. 2) companies that hire early career folks to run all of marketing inherently don't value or understand what marketing can bring to the table. Their hiring strategy signals they want the cheapest headcount they can get and don't care about expertise or quality. What do you all think?