Client of the Day

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    I'm so glad I quit my design job. I was really sick of being treated like a bitch by ignorant clients who merely see designers as a blunt tool to execute their crappy ideas. In no other industry are college-educated professionals treated so much like children. There's barely any respect or trust in what we do for a living.

    And for some reason, clients LOVE to assume that they're your only client, and that you've got nothing better to do during the day but twiddle your thumbs and be entirely subservient to them at all times.

    Here's a summary from all the clients in your posts: "Design is easy. Just do it. I need it. Today. And I might not pay you."

    Well fuck that. It's not worth it IMO. The work itself is too time-consuming and tedious (if you give a damn about details) and frankly, not worth the stress or money. I'm sick of putting so much effort and enthusiasm into a piece, and then having the client push it aside only to replace it with some fucking abortion of an idea.

    And they want instant gratification (reflective of our entire society). There's not even any time left open for concepting or brainstorming anymore. It's purely execution... and then the client wonders why the end product is absolute rubbish. I was given a mere six hours to create a brochure concept and web concept for a national brand, and would have to present it the next day in front of about 12 board members. I bombed. The work was crap. I had no faith in it. I couldn't sell it with a straight face. There was no thought behind it, no foundation. It was execute, execute, execute just to get it done before the next day.

    Call me a quitter, but there are better ways to sustain yourself.

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