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I hope you liked our very first strip about flash banners and introducing our characters. We’ve got a lot of cool names suggestions, and one that our team really enjoyed is “Webster”, by Laurel G. We have some other cool variations (like Coddy Webber) but we’re still open to more suggestions if you have a better idea :)
Today we’ll be talking about 2 funny situations that I think you may have experienced. So let’s go through them.
Do you remember that our goal here is to get some insights from these funny things? So, let’s go on this.
The first one is pretty common. Actually I’ve seen many cases that people think that we should feel privileged to work for them for “exposure.” Kind of strange, isn’t it?
First of all, if you can, stay away from these people.
If any job description starts with “it doesn’t pay well, but..” something is very wrong.
I mean, I’m not saying that you can’t take the occasional lower-paying-then-you’d-like gig (we all have to do this sometimes) or even free work. I work several hours of my day for the simple pleasure of helping friends (yes @SaadBassi, I’m looking at you).
I’m saying that if someone doesn’t want to pay you a fair price for your work and uses words like “exposure” and “future works” as phishing bait, you should stay away from them. Not all clients will have the cash to pay for your services, but the ones that are worth working for will at least offer you something for your effort, they may give you free meals at their restaurant or trade other goods or services for your work.
The second situation is a little more difficult. It’s when your client thinks that he knows everything about what you’re doing.
This situation, dear padawan, require us to put AADR plan in action:
Have you seen something similar to this? DO you have any cool name suggestion for our hero? Do you have any fun stories to share? Just go on and comment! :)
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011 12:51
Just posting to say that those comics are really funny. I found the second one especially amusing. I’m hoping to get into web design someday (teaching myself), so I’d best get ready for ungrateful clients :P
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 15:49
Thanks Stephen!
I’m sure 1WD will help you on this learning process :)
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Thursday, October 13th, 2011 20:01
Some clients says
“Its a very simple job to do.”
but they don’t have any experience on that field.So how they know its easy or hard to do :)
Another one is when i non technical client want to prove you that he know a lots about web developing.
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 13:26
Hey Maidul,
I think I’ll steal your ideas for next stripes, thanks!
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011 17:51
Awesome little strip, I actually had a client do the same thing as the second strip “These whites aren’t all the same this one isn’t as white and these greens aren’t all the same color”
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 16:13
Hey Josh..
That’s hard, isn’t it? Sometimes colors really look different even if they’re same (try looking in different angles from a LCD monitor).. Even for specialists, sometimes those color differences are kinda crazy :D
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Friday, October 7th, 2011 03:18
I really liked. Congrats for the great work. Looking forward to the next ones. ;)
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 16:09
Thanks, Renato!
We’ll have more on this soon ;)
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 14:56
So glad you liked my name suggestion! I can relate to the 2nd situation a great deal and was actually just talking about this with another designer friend and the AARD idea is a good one to try out.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 04:24
Hi Laurel!
I use this AARD method inside my mind every time, since my partners are (hopefuly) kind of perfectionists.
And thanks by your nice name suggestion, in our next episode we’ll have our hero’s final name :)
[]‘s
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 07:09
The: “Why does it take so long to build, it’s just a bit of this and that?!” (aka cost so much money). “My neighbours kid can do it in only one day. And he’s just a high school computer wizz!”
Some clients downplay the effort, knowledge, experience and professionalism it takes to build a quality website. Certainly when it’s a website that, on top of having a good frontend, has a lot of backoffice functionality tied in.
Anyone share the same experience that makes you feel like an overpriced nincompoop?
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 04:22
Hi Ryan,
“Some clients downplay the effort, knowledge, experience and professionalism it takes to build a quality website.” Yeah, I’ve seen this a lot lately. Fortunately I can just go and left this kind of client, since they will bring you only more and more problems.
Nice comment, thanks!
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Ryan
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 07:09
The: “Why does it take so long to build, it’s just a bit of this and that?!” (aka cost so much money). “My neighbours kid can do it in only one day. And he’s just a high school computer wizz!”
Some clients downplay the effort, knowledge, experience and professionalism it takes to build a quality website. Certainly when it’s a website that, on top of having a good frontend, has a lot of backoffice functionality tied in.
Anyone share the same experience that makes you feel like an overpriced nincompoop?
Rochester Oliveira
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 04:22
Hi Ryan,
“Some clients downplay the effort, knowledge, experience and professionalism it takes to build a quality website.” Yeah, I’ve seen this a lot lately. Fortunately I can just go and left this kind of client, since they will bring you only more and more problems.
Nice comment, thanks!
[]‘s
Renato Alves
Friday, October 7th, 2011 03:18
I really liked. Congrats for the great work. Looking forward to the next ones. ;)
Rochester Oliveira
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 16:09
Thanks, Renato!
We’ll have more on this soon ;)
[]‘s
Laurel G
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 14:56
So glad you liked my name suggestion! I can relate to the 2nd situation a great deal and was actually just talking about this with another designer friend and the AARD idea is a good one to try out.
Rochester Oliveira
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 04:24
Hi Laurel!
I use this AARD method inside my mind every time, since my partners are (hopefuly) kind of perfectionists.
And thanks by your nice name suggestion, in our next episode we’ll have our hero’s final name :)
[]‘s
Josh Bedo
Sunday, October 9th, 2011 17:51
Awesome little strip, I actually had a client do the same thing as the second strip “These whites aren’t all the same this one isn’t as white and these greens aren’t all the same color”
Rochester Oliveira
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 16:13
Hey Josh..
That’s hard, isn’t it? Sometimes colors really look different even if they’re same (try looking in different angles from a LCD monitor).. Even for specialists, sometimes those color differences are kinda crazy :D
[]‘s
Stephen
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 12:51
Just posting to say that those comics are really funny. I found the second one especially amusing. I’m hoping to get into web design someday (teaching myself), so I’d best get ready for ungrateful clients :P
Rochester Oliveira
Friday, December 2nd, 2011 15:49
Thanks Stephen!
I’m sure 1WD will help you on this learning process :)
[]‘s
Maidul
Thursday, October 13th, 2011 20:01
Some clients says
“Its a very simple job to do.”
but they don’t have any experience on that field.So how they know its easy or hard to do :)
Another one is when i non technical client want to prove you that he know a lots about web developing.
Rochester Oliveira
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 13:26
Hey Maidul,
I think I’ll steal your ideas for next stripes, thanks!
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