5 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice I?m Glad I Ignored
Photo by HomePolish One of my earliest Design*Sponge memories involves a bit of unsolicited advice I received from a fellow design blogger. He pulled me aside at one of the first professional events I ever attended and said, “You’re making a HUGE mistake with how you’re running your ad program. You’ve gotta hire a guy to […]
Photo by HomePolish
One of my earliest Design*Sponge memories involves a bit of unsolicited advice I received from a fellow design blogger. He pulled me aside at one of the first professional events I ever attended and said, “You’re making a HUGE mistake with how you’re running your ad program. You’ve gotta hire a guy to help you — and don’t worry about courting the little guys. Indie companies can’t pay.” I remember feeling shocked (I would later learn not to be surprised when this sort of thing happened) ? and then wondering if I was doing everything wrong. Over the years I’ve had a number of people “pull me aside” for a bit of unsolicited advice ? usually about how I was doing everything wrong and how they were doing it right and just wanted to let me know. Sometimes that advice was rooted in truth (yes, I needed a better accountant), sometimes it was rooted in someone else’s truth (risks are easier when you have a lot of money to fall back on), and sometimes they were rooted in, well, not much at all.
Looking back, I’m grateful for some of ...
Photo by HomePolish
One of my earliest Design*Sponge memories involves a bit of unsolicited advice I received from a fellow design blogger. He pulled me aside at one of the first professional events I ever attended and said, “You’re making a HUGE mistake with how you’re running your ad program. You’ve gotta hire a guy to help you — and don’t worry about courting the little guys. Indie companies can’t pay.” I remember feeling shocked (I would later learn not to be surprised when this sort of thing happened) ? and then wondering if I was doing everything wrong. Over the years I’ve had a number of people “pull me aside” for a bit of unsolicited advice ? usually about how I was doing everything wrong and how they were doing it right and just wanted to let me know. Sometimes that advice was rooted in truth (yes, I needed a better accountant), sometimes it was rooted in someone else’s truth (risks are easier when you have a lot of money to fall back on), and sometimes they were rooted in, well, not much at all.
Looking back, I’m grateful for some of ...
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