There’s no business like show business, that’s the motto everyone in the entertainment field lives by. Right now, odds are you have a better chance of breaking into “the biz” rather than graduating with Masters Degree and obtaining a “decent” job. If you happen to be one of the lucky ones who survives 4-plus years, (depending on your major) of high-priced learning, you’re not out of the jungle yet because most likely your student loans will surpass the cost of your dream home.

So for the people who aren’t willing to have collection agencies chase them around forever, the other alternative is to pour their heart and soul into trying to become famous. Obviously, getting your foot in the door is no easy feat, and no one is going to take an unproven “nobody” off the street and give them the opportunity of a lifetime—you have to earn it.

People usually fight, scrape, and claw their way to the top by starting off at the bottom as the lonely personal assistant. The job consists of doing mundane tasks such as getting coffee, food, picking up dry cleaning, and other trivial things that will make you feel insignificant. In the movie The Devil Wears Prada, the life of a personal assistant was laid out on the silver screen just so people could get a glimpse of what really goes on. In it, actress Meryl Streep played the boss, and Anne Hathaway portrayed the “go-for.”

The story line meticulously exhibited the stress Andrea Sachs (Hathaway’s character) went through by literally bending over backwards to please a person that didn’t seem to care.  But she stuck with the job, even though the end result caused her relationship to utterly go up flames, and left her on uncertain terms with her friends. Some might say the ends justified the means because she did enjoy the perks that came with putting up with a pretentious blowhard; like trips around the world and free clothes by designers with names that are too difficult to pronounce.

For the moment, we find art imitating life, once again as Sean Combs opens the door and lets us see how he treats the people who ultimately want to dethrone him one day. The self-proclaimed media mogul struck it rich with the creation of Run’s House and his infamous Making The Band series—and now has his sights set on his newest brainchild, I Want To Work For Diddy.

The show is basically a Hip-Hop version of the Apprentice, but hiked-up on steroids. Instead of one task, the contestants have to try and complete 49 more at any given moment. Just like any reality program, of course backstabbing and conniving behavior is expected, along with crocodile tears the losers will shed when they’re wistfully ushered out of the building by the linebacker-looking security guards. Out of the thirteen who started, only one will claim that coveted spot of making sure Diddy’s underwear is neatly folded just how he likes it. So in the end, is it really worth it? Is making sure [his] life goes according to plan, while yours completely goes down in shambles something that you’re mentally ready to deal with? For a lot of people the answer to that is quite simple; it’s an emphatic YES!

I personally have become fan of a few reality competitions, especially they're solely focused the world of entertainment. So for now, I will be watching Diddy’s new show intently, and the episodes I do miss will be picked up by my beloved DVR. And who knows, after reading this, maybe you’ll be inspired to try out for next season (and believe me, there will be a next season), or perhaps reading this little spiel made you more envious of the folks who will never feel any real effects of an all out recession.