Years ago, I went to a Campaign drinks party. A journalist (hack) told me he’d only been at the rag a few months and he was loving it. He said he had been working for Plumbing bi-monthly. (or some other 'un-exciting' and completely unrelated periodical). But like many other writers, he just moved around.
“But at Campaign, you go to loads of great parties, get pissed for free and hook with ….”
I thought - and these are the people judging our creative work, giving us pick or turkey of the week - My mood deteriorated for the rest of the evening.