I recently got an email from a sixth form student asking for me advice on how to get in to the media work and ‘do what you do’. Now, putting aside for a moment the fact that sometimes I’m not even sure what it is I do and that defined roles in our industry are changing so quickly, the email filled me with some trepidation. The fear came from the prospect that I might actually be qualified enough to have any advice worth passing on to anyone starting out… especially in the current climate. Undoubtedly these are tough times for most if not all of us and personally 2010/11 will go down as the Year of Spectacular ‘Almost’ Projects, and the daunting prospect of having to start out now may have been enough to put me off if it were me. However, I get a few such emails each year and make a point of answering. I remember writing similar letters when I was a teenager and it always meant a lot when I got a response. So I started …