Originally Posted by Unregistered

Nay. Didn't last. Got MX10 a few years back. Had kid. Went elsewhere. Better benefits. Hours aren't as crazy. Going home regularly at 7 pm nowadays. Used to work through consecutive nights with little sleep during peak periods. But peak periods were more the norm than exception.

So, I agree with what the other person said. It wasn't easy as I had seemingly made it out to be. But it was very manageable when I had no kids.

Oh yes. More important than being able to write concisely, it is being able to think critically. Most staffer I came across writes beautiful but lacks substance. Distilling the substance, that's the hardest bit, IMHO.

Hope I helped. Don't want to lull you into thinking that its plain-sailing nor want to discourage you from policy work. It's really fun and it takes a certain kind of personality. Go give it a shot. I presumed you are still young. If so, you are probably in your best years to experiment. You never know. Keep trying. Don't settle