“I’ve seen a few designers who have survived and figured out their work, life, and monetary balance under the 10/12 tech schedule but introducing their assistant to the culture of overworking and underpay… I know too many designers who have decided not to do so and sees overworking as a form of initiation.”
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“Sleep deprivation. Sleep is important in MS, and being deprived of it is messing with my cognitive skills, as well as aggravating the physical symptoms. As a non white person and more specifically as a Greek this mostly translates into language incompetency and tendency towards laziness.”
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“The way the day is being structured doesn’t allow for proper rest and MS fatigue is very real. When I experience it I am THAT tired. Sometimes I even fall asleep instantaneously. Again, I am being perceived as lazy and indifferent. Also, MS fatigue usually occurs in the middle of the day, which means I get to start my day in tech utterly exhausted.”
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“I think we’ve all at one point in our early career have done the math to see what our hourly rate is for design… As of result, I felt completely hopeless… How do you even begin to negotiate when this is the norm we live in? A norm in which someone else who can afford to take the job will take the “opportunity” away from you.”