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Blockbuster actor salary > developer salary 10-15% means a lot more in one place than the other. That's why the Ari Golds aren't scrambling to get you (or any

• eric_bullington 14y ago
  He specifically mentions the fact that even average, B actors have agents. These are guys who make less than many developers do. Yes, the Ari Golds are not representing them, but some agents are, and they presumably find them jobs.
  • regularfry 14y ago
    In my brief tangles with the industry, I noticed that it was common for an agency to have a few A listers, then lots of B listers. The model was that the A listers would pay the bills, and it was worth lavishing time and attention on them. The B listers would be effectively put in a holding pattern with just enough effort spent on them that they didn't go anywhere else, on the off chance they eventually became A listers. The B listers could say that they were represented by a firm with real legal clout, and the agency could inflate the number of actors they were representing, but other than that the benefits seemed to be pretty intangible for the B listers.
• timjahn 14y ago
  It's all relative though. If you're a freelance developer spending 25% of your time every month seeking new clients (to keep the pipeline full), that's time spent on prospects that may or may not work out. What if you instead paid an agent commission on work found only (and didn't waste 25% of your time each month)? Working on projects of any decent size would make this worthwhile I imagine.