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Why is spec work so prevalent in the design profession when it’s not in other professions? Increasingly companies – “creative” businesses included – are offering “unpaid internships” instead of hiring designers outright. In trying to reduce costs, they will offer an “internship” and even go through a selection process similar to that involved in standard [...]
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For almost every other professional service, from auto maintenance to medical care, a buyer will pay the full fees asked for when services are rendered, without dickering, discounting, arguing or otherwise undervaluing the work. But more than a few of us designers and illustrators will often find ourselves asked to discount our creative rates, as [...]
