Why I left advertising on a quest to invent, only to return years later

I had been in advertising for a while when I decided to make the type of rash decision that temperamental creatives are mostly known for. I was working as a lowly copywriter when the weight of advertising unfairness became too much for me to bear. Frustrated and irrational, I did what any responsible young man with a wife and a newborn at home would have done...I walked in on a Friday, and I quit my job. Without a backup plan.
That decision, while unadvisable, was powered by hope, not anger. Fue