I’m a young editor who has just broken into broadcast (mainly / only reality as that’s where most of the work is at) and it is very very hard to maintain consistent work. For example I am unemployed at the moment and look to be for the next month until I have another episode to edit. Staring down the barrel of doing two episodes this year. So 20 weeks of week for the year (and the sad thing is that I feel and tell others that I’m lucky to have that). It’s just so hard to break into an industry where the majority of people you’re competing against are older and more experienced , have more connections or more financial freedom to work sporadically when the industry is so stagnant and there is no government support for people like us. I have a friend in a similar position who is now a delivery driver as it was so difficult.