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⌈ Secret Post #2771 ⌋

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Notes:

Probably another midnight day at work. Sorry again.

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Comments

Re: do people think they can do your job

[(Anonymous)]

"I get requests from people who have NO IDEA how my job is done, and they either ask for things that literally CAN'T be done"

I used to do web design for small businesses and it amazed me how much this was a thing. Sometimes it wasn't a matter of I couldn't do it, but I couldn't for the amount of money they wanted to pay.

Re: do people think they can do your job

[pantswarrior]

Heh, yes. I'm fortunate, I'm employed by an institution that pays by the hour whether I'm coding or my boss has declared "everyone meet up in the break room and let's talk about organizing the office lottery pool", and it's a perfectly reasonable by-the-hour rate (they even gave me a stealth raise a couple weeks ago and I had no idea until I looked at my paycheck and went "...whuh?"). So that's one thing I don't have to worry about.

But I see enough of my freelance designer/coder friends who get people wanting them to work for "exposure", let alone paying them what the work is actually worth. I guess those people see it as, well, it's not like you're consuming any resources to make the thing you want them to make. But as a matter of fact, TIME IS A RESOURCE. So actually yes, sometimes what they want requires a LOT of resources.

Re: do people think they can do your job

[(Anonymous)]

I guess those people see it as, well, it's not like you're consuming any resources to make the thing you want them to make.

What is this logic? If I provide the fabric, pattern and thread, they should do the work for free exposure??? No sense at all. Biggest cost in anything is TIME. Try hiring a plumber, and they'll find that out.

Re: do people think they can do your job

[pantswarrior]

Hahah, or an auto mechanic. What's really scary is, I have a friend who's actually been doing web/graphic work freelance for awhile now, he finally decided to go to college and get a degree and certification and such. So he's taking graphic design courses, and in one case? The INSTRUCTOR assigns them projects that are actual JOBS. As classwork. So not only are they not getting paid, they're paying tuition to do real design work for real clients.

Since he's already been doing this work for awhile, he immediately was like "WTF IS THIS?", but a lot of the other students thought that was perfectly reasonable. So I was like "You know, as much as I hate to say it, I guess it's sort of preparing them for what it's like to be a professional designer... clients will always try to find a reason they shouldn't have to pay you." -_-

Like I said, I am SO fortunate that I got hired by an institution that pays by the hour instead of having to do the freelance thing.