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We are completely with you here. When people aren't willing to pay for work, they inherently value it less too. If a startup needs to get something done, they s
by kirillzubovsky 14y ago
We are completely with you here. When people aren't willing to pay for work, they inherently value it less too. If a startup needs to get something done, they should be willing to pay for it. It doesn't mean that you need to fork over 10K and then stuck with a sucky design, but at least pay the designer for a trial period. If you don't get along, you don't lose much money and the designer is happy. Win-win.
- slantyyz 14y agoNot to defend startups, but it's not like they don't have a reputation for paying less than full value for their technical staff either. If I was a designer and a startup wanted spec work, I'd just politely say no. Wagging a finger and telling a startup why they shouldn't do so is time better spent on something else, because there's a big assumption that they care. If they did, they wouldn't have asked for freebies in the first place.