Like many jobs, education isn't enough on its own. Internships or assistant-producer gigs can give you valuable hands-on experience. They can also help you network with people you'll need in your career. You'll be pitching shows to countless corporate suits, so it helps if you know a few of them. It's also important to network with writers, editors and camera jockeys so that you can build a team you can rely on. Because producers are creators and not just administrators, the writer's room can be a good base for launching your career, ScreenCraft advises. If you've established your ability to write terrific television, that makes it more believable you can do the same showrunning a TV series.
