Fame

Three possible scenarios here:

  1. The Ridley Scott model: No one knows you yet, but one day you'll be a famous director of full-length, critically acclaimed science fiction movies.
  2. The Michael Bay model: You're famous and you've directed huge movie franchises like Transformers, but direct the occasional television commercial when the pay is good and supermodels are involved. (Like, ahem, this bizarre Michael Bay and Victoria's Secret collaboration.)
  3. The "I'm sorry, who are you?" model: No one knows your name and no one will ever know your name. But your crowning masterpiece—that Turbotax commercial—has garnered eye rolls and frustrated "Ugh, not agains" across the nation.