Success can sometimes seem impossibly out of reach. Image: publicity photo for Angels in America. Photography by Sarah Walker, model Joseph Simons.
What does career success look like? Outside the arts sector, one easily applicable definition is the linear career progression, such as the 20th century cliché of starting in a company’s mailroom and ending up as CEO. Another way that success is defined is by the size of one’s pay-packet – theoretically, the more money you make, the more successful you are.