You cannot become a good brand manager unless you love people. It is difficult to express something as subjective as love in words, but my peers in pharmaceutical marketing would agree with me. As it is my penultimate day at my 1st job, I can feel a surge of emotion; I can feel my heart beat and blood rushing through my veins. I did not realise till now, how deep into I was not only with the brands that I handled but also with my colleagues. Now I realise the importance of team work and informal relationships at work place. No matter how much you try to remain professional while parting with people with whom you have worked, it is emotional. Especially when you know that now you will not be able to gossip or share a quick banter after office hours; not be able to share which one of you got a bigger beating from you boss at the water cooler (in the pretext of drinking water); not be able to compete for completing assignments (promotional inputs / brand recalls etc.). As a line from Ronin goes –“There are no questions, no answers, you do business and move on.” It may be true for Robert De Niro in the movie but in marketing where you have to like people it never is.