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I'm very curious why, as a talented designer, would you want these contracts? I mean I understand that I'm sure there is plenty of potential to do something gre
by bdotdub 17y ago
I'm very curious why, as a talented designer, would you want these contracts? I mean I understand that I'm sure there is plenty of potential to do something great and I'm sure large companies compensate very well, but don't the inanities of meetings that take forever deter you from wanting to work on these jobs?
I guess what I'm saying is that if I was a talented designer, I would want to work on things I enjoy, namely designing, and not having to deal with corporate bureaucracy. For every large corporate contract, there must be many more interesting projects out there. (or am I being a naive millenial? :)
- Maciek416 17y agoI'm not sure, I often ask myself how I ended up in those situations as well (I'm a coder FWIW) and I still ask many designers working on projects such as these why they're doing it. The simplest answer seems to be that it just seems like the most natural place/industry for designers to gravitate to, and once they're there, they're kind of stuck in a tunnel. Coders have it a bit easier in that the path to starting their own thing or hopping between industries is much much shorter and easier. BTW I don't think you're being naive at all, I think these are very good questions to ask.
- joshwa 17y agoBecause those huge corporations with their broken cultures are the ones handing out all the money! There are not enough interesting mid-scale jobs out there to support all those talented designers/coders/etc to all do great/interesting things. Or, as some people would put it, "90% of everything is crap".
- gills 17y agoBenefits, job security, and often sexier products.