All things I’ve experienced in my quest for new and exciting work. Where I wanted the work but ultimately didn’t get it. For one reason or another.
In addition to losing out to the more qualified, better-for-the-job studio, I’ve had outcomes that have stung because I didn’t agree with the end result. Where I thought the team I was putting forth was a far better partner for the task at hand.
Even though I’ve lost out because of the above reasons, I haven’t tried to change anything about them. I hate dog and pony shows because I think they ultimately set things off on the wrong course. The estimates I put together are based on market rates so why would I go lower? I don’t want to live in NYC. And I really see no need to not tell a potential client what I really think.
So if I continue to lose out on work because the other firm is good at putting on a show, under cuts me because they’re shameless, lives in a more design-centric location, or chooses to tell the potential client what he or she wants to hear, well then I’ll just continue to lose work for those reasons.
Onto the next.
