Nov 9, 2015
You should focus on getting experience and getting known. The rest will come- think of what you'll be doing as an investment that will pay off down the road.
Jason Fry
http://sportsjournalism.org/our-voices/dont-listen-to-rick-reilly-how-writing-for-free-can-launch-your-career/
Discussing hope labour in relation to writing which could basically apply to fan labour and any works produced out of it.
Also, this advice sounds familiar - specifically, the justification of precarious work to new graduates or anyone new to the workforce.