Criticism and your profession

[lukethedrifter]

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/0 ... designers/

belongs in the CATS thread

[thrill]

I can't believe no one has posted this about why not to [expletive] with gds:

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/0 ... designers/

Also. Everyone is an expert now that the internet is around.

That's great.

[JL21]

I hadn't seen that in a long time. It's awesome.

I lost it right away when I saw this:

The cat is lost in the negative space.

[Radbird]

I'm sure doctors want to stab people when they start referencing WebMD

Sorry, this just reminded me of my sister. She changes doctors about 5 times a year because they don't agree with her self diagnosis abilities.

Carry on.

[StL Dan]

Seriously, you wouldn't believe the verbal abuse that we take. Anyway, that's not quite the same as what jl is referring to. I did get to listen to my wife tell me about where our smoke detectors should go.

Hahaa

I was a produce clerk for 6 years, an assistant produce manager for a year, and a produce department manager for 2 years, I have been a produce buyer for a major grocery chain for 12 years, yet my wife still tells me how to pick out the best fruit at the store.

you have to pick them up and smell them, give them a little squeeze. hope that helps, wart.

Are we talking about wives or fruit?

Your wife's fruit. (ducking)

When I squeeze my wife's fruit, I am the one ducking!

LOL

[stlouie_lipp]

This might be the best rant thread ever created.

Ever seen the work of a do-it-yourself lawyer? Don't you know that you can just go to court and tell the judge what happened and then he'll see the light, know your version of events is true, and just give you what you want? It's as easy as that. There is no way this should take this much time and cost so much. It's obvious what happened. All you did was create a document and you charged me how much? I can do that myself. What do you mean I have to pay to fix my mistakes?

[planet planet]

I told him would look like a giant turd. I created a mockup so he could see this giant turd

lol

I assume all of you designers have seen this?



And the full piece:

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

It could not be more accurate.

Unlike Theo's experience with the friend who was very detailed while describing his desired [expletive] sandwich, I've seen people with web side jobs give no guidance up front and just trust your judgment since you're their friend and know what you're doing. Then when something's presented to them, it's like they're Republicans (sorry for the political reference, it's the only analogy I could think of to convey the point) who have zero ideas of their own, but criticize the heck out of yours.

[lukethedrifter]

Nearly all of my criticism comes from within, below. My position is almost like being a parent of a bunch of arguing kids.

"you always pick on me"
"you need to talk to him"
"you should be doing _____"
"it's not fair"

[thrill]

This might be the best rant thread ever created.

Ever seen the work of a do-it-yourself lawyer? Don't you know that you can just go to court and tell the judge what happened and then he'll see the light, know your version of events is true, and just give you what you want? It's as easy as that. There is no way this should take this much time and cost so much. It's obvious what happened. All you did was create a document and you charged me how much? I can do that myself. What do you mean I have to pay to fix my mistakes?

I had to spend 4 hours in small claims court because I was contesting a traffic ticket in front of the same judge in a small Arizona county courthouse. The DIY lawyers we're hilariously out of their depth and got shafted every time.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Oh I forgot my favorite-- consultants. I'm so glad I'm not on air talent and dealing with this nonsense. They will come in, say their research suggests the talent would test more favorably with short hair. So our reporter cuts her hair--they come back 6 months later and say you test better with long hair. I'm pretty sure these suggestions they make are only there so they can validate their having a job.