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Originally Posted by Hitch
(I speak with a woman who's been in print layout for decades. We lately speak every week or two, and talk about how every time we speak, we V&R about how they're getting worse by the minute, and how logically, that simply can't be true...but it bygod feels like it is.)
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I used to be in print layout. I spent a fair bit of time trying to convey "You are paying me to do this because I know more about it than you and am better than you are at it. Given that, perhaps you should let me do my job and not try to pee in he soup?" And I learned to give the client two prospective design concepts and let them pick the one I preferred. Guaranteed, if I gave three, the one the client picked would be the one I liked least and didn't really want to do.
I saw the same thing when I found myself in IT. Any time you give people leverage, they are likely to use it, so think carefully about what you will be committed to when you give it.
I still do odd design projects as a hobby. My explicit deal is "You are asking me to do this because I am good at it. You get to tell me what the requirements are and what needs to be in the publication. What it
looks like is
my call and you don't get a vote! If you can't deal with that, find another designer."
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Dennis