---
id: "quote-entry-level-competence"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ Competence."]
tags: ["competence", "creative-industry"]
related: ["concept-psychological-needs-triad", "entity-danny-tolli", "question-entry-level-competence"]
speaker: "Danny Tolli"
speakers: ["Danny Tolli"]
quote: "There is no way the company is going to give a show running opportunity to a writer who has no credits on their résumé."
sources: ["adoption"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-adoption"
originDay: 9
articleStem: "hbr-sig-52-genai-threatening-to-workers"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/03/why-gen-ai-feels-so-threatening-to-workers"
sourceTitle: "Why Gen AI Feels So Threatening to Workers"
---
# The Threat to Entry-Level Competence

> "There is no way the company is going to give a show running opportunity to a writer who has no credits on their résumé."

— [[entity-danny-tolli]], TV writer/producer

**Why it matters:** Encapsulates the **competence** threat: if Gen AI automates the entry-level tasks that build credentials, the ladder to expertise is severed. This is the human anchor for the **competence** leg of the [[concept-psychological-needs-triad]] and the unresolved [[question-entry-level-competence]].