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all im saying is, if there is a cash flow, dont be cheap.
I konw the argument about building up your portfolio etc. and getting in the door and i appriciate that aspect, but its people like you and the magazine.. no matter how good it is.... that cheapen our community.
You have no idea how many of you come out of the wood work trying to get freebies, then people think they can get cheap work from us, and then they tell their friends etc etc and then the people who make a living off of design end up working for pennies because there is always somebody out there working for a portfolio piece to drive down our price.
I know people who barely get by because of this. They have to underbid because a company with a product wont pay up because they pry on College students.
I love the fact that college students get probono work for PROBONO companies.
But probono work for cash flow companies is plain not cool, no matter how low the cash flow is.
If you dont make much money, then be straight up front by saying, we do not make much money as a start up but we can try and pay you at least minimum wage or anything at all.
Prying on people who need porfolio pieces as a company that has a product is why our industry is not what it could be.