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I think JM missed the point of Sebastien's use of the quote. From the original article: "But like my freelancer friend wrote, or like Ms. Evangelista says – if
by dools 16y ago
I think JM missed the point of Sebastien's use of the quote. From the original article:
"But like my freelancer friend wrote, or like Ms. Evangelista says – if you’ve got the chops, you set your own rates to a large extent. I’m not looking to pick up $80 per month at the expense of other things. More on this in a minute."
JM's entire post focuses on his use of the Linda Evangelista quote to illustrate a point about not cheapening your "product" or your "brand" unless it's really worth it. Maybe he didn't read the whole thing.
Sebastien's articles give me the shits and I think talk about winning, success, victory and individualism is counter productive but if you're going to criticise it at least get your facts straight.
- crasshopper 16y agoWhy is it counter productive? Because it makes us losers feel like losers? Or because it == resting on laurels?
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoBecause the CEO of BigCo isn't likely to award you a big contract if he gave you two dollars for coffee not five minutes ago. Picking up (advertising) pennies is not without costs.
- endtime 16y agoCan you elaborate upon how that answers crasshopper's question? What you're saying seems like a non sequitur.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoYou're right, I misread. Sorry; a shame it's too late to edit/delete now...
- crasshopper 16y agoYour answer made sense. Tim Harford did a piece on why people who refuse to be team players (e.g. take on some extra work that's "beneath" them) end up making more money. I assume you mean a signalling scenario like that.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoYes, exactly.
- dools 16y agoHey, sorry I didn't get back to you on this. Really, a response to this question needs to be a blog post that I don't have time to write at the moment, but I've put it on "the list". Short answer: because I'm a socialist.