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That rings true for my experience in corporate/medical media over a decade ago before swearing it off. It was dehumanizing then and I can imagine it's worse now with consumer expectations poisoned by AI.
Scope of work or bust, never take spec work without upfront pay
I don’t do a ton of commissions, but it’s weirder now for sure. I feel like I’ve talked less uhhh… concretely to clients over the past few years. I have noticed that a lot requests do start with “Please” though, “please make it different” “please put more colors on it” “please redo the text.”
Whereas a few years ago a client would just say more clearly what they want you to do. “I’d like you to use a different font. Something that has more energy and pops out. Like this website…”
yea, this is why i have rules that i don't do major edits past certain stages
timelines are important, folks!
Hasn't it always been that way?
it's different and noticeable, a while ago they'd actually try to explain what they want like "I want you to remove x and put instead y, change the colors here" something you can actually work with, now it's just adjectives like "make it more pretty"
Deliberately put too many fingers on those comissions