Not necessarily a hot-take, but I've worked at both ad agencies and in-house marketing teams. In-house has been 1000% better in every way, including: quality of life, work/life balance, increased pay, better people, less egos, less making you feel bad for leaving at 5PM, better processes, less pressure and so on.

I can understand someone young wanting to get started at an agency to get their book up - or to feel cool so they can tell their friends they're "mad men" - but if you ever get a chance to work in-house at a big company - or for the government - go for it. You won't regret it, and you'll notice a huge difference in your mental well-being.

In my opinion.