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« You won’t lose your job to AI, you’ll lose your job to someone using AI. »
This is another recurring idea in the public discourse. I don’t like it. I think it instills fear by stressing the idea of scarcity (jobs will be lost) and asking people to compete for the now scarce resource (learn AI or suffer).
I prefer a more benevolent stance, even
... See moreI’ve always hated that stock phrase as well. This is a brilliant reframe
this might prove useful in a not so distant future
Someone asked me for career advice. I figured I'd post what I sent in case it's helpful to anyone else. https://t.co/veijhN2xLf
gold
use this to test website before launch
“Most freelance designers struggle to hit €10k/month.
The main reason?
A trap 90% of freelancers never escape:
Billing their time instead of building a system.
This is what we used to deal with when starting out:
→ Endless feedback rounds
→ A 2-week project drags into 8
→ We couldn't take on new clients because we were still drowning in the last one
When we were working like this the ceiling was never our rate.
It was ALWAYS our own capacity.
And this capacity got eaten alive by starting from scratch.
Every. Single. Time. 😣
We knew we needed to change something.
So in 2025 we finally built our own system that compounds:
A website design process where quality keeps going up and effort goes down.
Currently we charge €12k for a 2-week homepage sprint.
Clients can see exactly what they're buying.
Timelines and outcomes are fixed.
And now we're opening a cohort to teach that EXACT process to you.
- Limited to 20 spots
- €590 beta price (instead of 990€)
- Starting March 24th
Find out more:
https://lnkd.in/epiv8uAM”
I added a sample intro email to my studio contact page and it’s been a delight to have a few folks use it. (Anecdote, not data, but everyone that’s used it turned out to be a delightful client.) https://t.co/EDxZiwgmW0
I NEED to have this
But who are we — am I — trying to be original for? Myself, a client, a boss, a professor, Instagram, my mom, nobody at all? I think that it’s time to really think about who we’re creating for, so that we can strategize who deserves our originality, who deserves our efficiency, who deserves both, and who deserves neither. If there’s one thing I’m... See more
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Graphic design is a service