프리랜서의 요건
인터넷 서핑 중, 해외 블로그에서, ”당신이 프리랜서가 될 수 없는 50가지 이유”라는 재밌는 글이 있어, 옮겨적습니다.
아래 50개의 항목 중, 20개 항목에 해당된다면, 프리랜서 라는 직업에 대해 다시 생각해보라고 권유하고 있습니다.
이 글을 읽고, 디자이너의 프로 정신에 대해 생각해보았습니다.
좀 더 성숙된 디자인 문화를 기대하면서요.
원문 그대로 옮겨 적습니다.
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Some designers make a great career out of freelancing, some struggle to ever pay the bills solely from freelancing income.
If you are already a successful freelancer, you will probably see that you are not guilty of most of the points made below. If you are hoping to be a full-time freelancer, or are currently finding it difficult to get your freelancing going, some points below may help you figure out why!
To explain this post a little better, my personal opinion on when a freelancer knows they have “made it”, is when you own your own house, own your own car, and can comfortably pay 100% of your bills from your freelancing income. Some of you may disagree with that description of “making it”, but that is how I personally measure it. I encourage you to add your thoughts in the comments at the end, thanks!
And so, the 50 reasons why you will not make it as a freelancer:
- The thought of working a 16 – 19 hour day makes you feel violently ill
- You sleep in past 12pm most mornings
- You don’t know what the word “typography ” means
- You hear the word “Hex ” and you think someone is talking about dinosaurs
When meeting clients, you wear jeans and a t-shirt
- Your hair is a mess, all the time
- Your phone manner is terrible (you answer with “hello”, and nothing else)
- You don’t understand what a “bleed ” is
- Your business card is a home-made Microsoft Publisher job
- You have never started conversation with a stranger
- You are not confident
- You are not likeable
- You do not manage your personal finances well
- Your mum doesn’t even like your design work
- You want to be successful, but your drive is completely lacking
- You are not self-motivated
- You don’t have a desire to be the most successful person you know
- You don’t have a website
- Explaining the difference between 300 dpi and 72 dpi is like speaking a foreign language to you
You think white space is wasted space
- The bevel function in Photoshop doesn’t work anymore because you have worn it out so badly
- You struggle to actually complete a project
- You have to give your clients money back because you over promised on your ability
- You have 0 business skills and have no idea how to develop them
- You really dislike sales and feeling like a sales person
- You don’t make your clients sign contracts
- You think it’s cool to be flaky and disorganized because that is what “us creative types are like”
- You think you are right, and the client is wrong
- You think that your prices need to be lower than anyone around so that you can get the business
- Your people skills are terrible
- You don’t have a plan for your freelancing career, you are just floating along
You don’t really understand what marketing is 
- You haven’t developed a brand for your freelancing career
- You are unable to save money
- You don’t have a desire to continue learning all the time
- You have never worked more than 40 hours a week in your life
- You have never worked for a design company
- Seeing a logo you designed on a billboard or on tv doesn’t give you a rush
- You design things that look good but don’t match the brief whatsoever
- You spend most of your time working on entries for silly online design contests
- You let clients name their price
- You’re not a risk taker
- You do not manage your time whatsoever
- You are not disciplined in a daily routine
- You don’t study your competition
- You don’t even know who your competition is
- The word “crop ” makes you think of the farm
- You suck at Photoshop
- You are guilty of over 20 of the points above
- You are angry at me after reading this
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