I have a technical degree but actually worked as a full-time creative for about four years (now I don't). I have found the people that did the best are the ones

I have a technical degree but actually worked as a full-time creative for about four years (now I don't). I have found the people that did the best are the ones that treated it as a competition. People are only going to read X number of articles, watch Y number of movies, go to Z number of galleries. It is so self-centered that people think that they should be paid attention to because of their degree.