In my first three years after college, I quit two day jobs — one after 10 months, and one after eight. Those moves may have been the best I ever made as a writer and editor.
On my third stab at full-time employment, I ended up as a staff writer at Glamour. I stayed for eight years, editing a monthly section of short unsigned articles before moving up to bylined longform stories. In that time, I built a portfolio that led to many writing assignments elsewhere while acquiring skills that have helped at every stage of my career.