Dear Hiring Manager: Can we talk for a moment about what it feels like on the other side? It’s exhausting. Not because we aren’t trying... but because nothing about it is consistent. Use AI. Don’t…

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Dave Cairns positions himself as an emerging screenwriter and television creator, using LinkedIn to make his development process visible through projects like *Child Star*, series bibles, pitch decks, and Black List evaluations. His content centers on building creative work in public, combining practical promotion with candid reflections on imposter syndrome, visa constraints, rejection, and the instability of film and television careers. He stands out for pairing polished industry artifacts with unusually honest emotional context, making the professional journey feel tangible rather than performative. An interesting intersection runs through his work: storytelling craft, creator execution, and transparent career advocacy, extending from pilot development to broader observations about YouTube, hiring, and creative labor.
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Dear Hiring Manager: Can we talk for a moment about what it feels like on the other side? It’s exhausting. Not because we aren’t trying... but because nothing about it is consistent. Use AI. Don’t…
The Hollywood gatekeepers are gone. Anyone can press publish. So why is execution still the hardest part? Hollywood solved this a hundred years ago. Unions, systems, roles, distribution pipeline - e…

Recently, my pilot script 'Child Star' received positive coverage on The Black List. You can check it out at https://lnkd.in/gtDG5NjY You can also see the full series bible at https://lnkd.in/geNMUp_…

I'm an experienced media professional, currently open for contract work in: - Directing - Screenwriting and Script Doctoring - Script Coverage and Review - Pitch Deck Design - End-to-End Videography…
You apply for so many jobs out of desperation, so many that only kinda fit because you need to live, but there are a few that feel perfect. A few that feel that fit your skills, your career hopes, tha…
Probably the best assessment I’ve gotten from The Black List to date. Scores in the top 25% of submitted scripts. Some good feedback. Quite affirming to get these scores against other professional scr…

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The following is the complete body of post 6, preserved as a standalone example of the author’s argumentative, compressed, conversational mode.
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The Hollywood gatekeepers are gone. Anyone can press publish.
So why is execution still the hardest part?
Hollywood solved this a hundred years ago. Unions, systems, roles, distribution pipeline - everyone knew their job. The ratio worked. More executors than ideas people.
YouTube flipped it.
More ideas than the platform has ever seen. Less people who actually know how to make them land.
Casey Neistat - over 1,000 videos uploaded, 12M followers - recently said his work is a “slave to an AI-driven algorithm optimized for something I no longer have any understanding of.”
So it’s not some beginner problem, it’s pretty much everyone’s problem.
A few months back Rashi Gulati, Head of Pre-Production at Satvic Movement, 8 million subscribers, pulled her whole team offline for 6 weeks. Not to film, but to study, debate frameworks, to rebuild how they execute their videos.
So smart. So rare.
The people with the most ideas aren’t winning. It’s people actively figuring out their execution.
YouTube isn’t Hollywood. There’s no union telling you how to do your job. No hundred-year playbook.
YouTube is still enjoying its college years.
Love the laundry list of ideas, but focus up young grasshopper, you just need to be 1% better every upload.
Focus the ideas.
Grow your execution.
(original art work from @fer_knoledge on IG, edited by me)
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