Dan Mall's Guide to Better Pricing, Leadership, and Career Fulfillment for Designers
Dan Mall offers career and financial guidance for designers, drawing on 28 years of experience to help them improve pricing strategies, develop leadership skills, and build fulfilling careers. The article challenges the notion that designers must settle for being bored, broke, or burned out, and provides frameworks for earning more and gaining recognition ("getting their flowers").
Key quotes
Being a designer is one of the best jobs in the world
Why aren't more designers living like it? You didn't become a designer to be bored, broke, or burned out.
You spent years mastering your craft; you can make anything functional and beautiful.
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