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While I agree on a higher level, for beginning writers it does help tremendously to have a credit and give them a way to market themselves other than 'trust me i can write'. having the credit, even if paid less than they should, is a sales piece for emerging writers to say 'i've done this before' and build credibility quicker. Most opportunities "green" writers are getting aren't big budget studio features either where they need to protected really, they're indies and b-movies where they get to cut their teeth and that are not gonna make much money to begin with.