If the new American Dream is defined by “creative expression, online influence and extreme optionality” over linear moves up the corporate ladder, then LinkedIn is enough to make any Millennial or Gen Z jobseeker cringe.
It takes that level of ego to be a television writer/producer:the conviction that what you have to say matters so much that itis worth not only mastering the tropes of an entire medium, butalso the risk that all the intermediaries required to create thefinished product will ruin it all with some fatal blend ofincomprehension, or incompetence.
It's unfortunate because too much of a good thing (and it is a good thing – shrewd and well-intentioned people sharing the things that have helped them), when consumed in a frantic haze, becomes a bad thing (a cacophony of voices shoving advice down your throat, bolstering your belief that there's something you're doing wrong and if you just fixed... See more