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There is now and always has been a front door and a back door to every profession that is not government regulated. The front door is generally to go to school, get the appropriate qualifications, ...
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2020-01-03T20:41:57Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T08:15:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T08:15:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
There is now and always has been a front door and a back door to every profession that is not government regulated. The front door is generally to go to school, get the appropriate qualifications, send in your resume, and hope for the best. The back door is to know someone, to have a friend who knows someone, to meet someone at a party or a conference or a bar and hit it off, to be lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to get a story no one else has, to be famous for something else, or to be just plain brilliant at it so no one can ignore your work. The back door is always the better way in. When people come to the back door with nothing to recommend them, they are invariably sent to the front door. Some do get in by the front door, to be sure. But the front door is really more about keeping the undesirables out. This is why the published qualification for most jobs are absurdly detailed and specific. No one could possible qualify, so we can justify turning away anyone we don't want. Orwell was exceptional. Orwell would get in by the back door today, just as he would in any era.
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2018-03-09T22:18:11Z (over 6 years ago)
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