00:00My name is Zakiya, and my question is, how do you go about asking your boss about transitioning
00:08to another department in the company?
00:09Ooh, that is a good one.
00:11Shantae, thoughts?
00:12It's hard if you go from finance to marketing or vice versa.
00:15It actually depends on the culture of the company, in my opinion, because in, at least
00:19the music industry, sometimes people get a little territorial when they think that you're
00:23a good talent, like they don't want to share you with other departments, so you have to
00:27make sure your boss is going to support you and not kind of torpedo that.
00:31So I would say really test the temperature before you even ask that question.
00:36Make sure you have your boss's support first, because if you go above your boss to try to
00:40talk to her colleagues or her boss, then she's definitely going to torpedo it.
00:45So if they're against it, do you recommend that that person maybe perhaps leave the company
00:50and get some experience outside?
00:51Personally, yes, because I feel like, you know, I feel like you spend so much time working
00:57you should do what you love.
00:59If you're not happy doing whatever profession that you're in, go out and do it.
01:02And I hate saying that because it sounds so cliche, but you're only going to be really
01:06good at things that you are really in love with, that you're good at for no reason, that
01:10you do, even if no one paid you for it, you'd still find a way to do it.
01:15So that's really the best advice that I would give anybody who wants to transition out of
01:18a department.
01:19Like if you want to be in the A&R department at a record label, you should not be an accountant.
01:24Facts.
01:25Very, very different.
01:26Yeah.
01:27Very different.
01:28Now, the accounting check might be sweeter, but for a short amount of time.
01:33But you know, it's just that if you're a creative, being a mechanic is not going to work.
01:38Right.
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