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Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by typicalrunt on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:22PM (#3915408)
The "Fuck You. Pay Me." slide aggravates me. No matter how you dress it up with asterisks, you're still swearing and showing a lack of class. I agree that a large part of freelancing is making money (getting paid), but there are nicer ways to say it. The rest of the presentation is really well put together, but this particular slide seems out of place.
Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by jwwest on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:25PM (#3915424)
This is a reference to an infamous talk given by Mike Monteiro who's infamous in the design community.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGra65Nob4

Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by SkyMarshal on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:36PM (#3915484)
Which in turn was a reference to Goodfellas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ydqjqZ_3oc

Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by Udo on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:53PM (#3916885)
I'm not sure why he or the talk is considered infamous. (Full version here: http://vimeo.com/22053820) When a client orders work to be done, that work should be billed as agreed and then the client should pay for the work they ordered. In design and web development, there seems to be some moral confusion among some clients whether they actually have to pay for the work the ordered. The speaker argues, and I believe rightly so, that this is bullshit.
Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by megrobichaud on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:46PM (#3915530)
Heh yeah, I was referring to the Mike Monterio talk. But in the actual talk that I'm giving at the school I changed it to "Hey you. Pay me" if that makes you feel better?
Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by dusing on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:25PM (#3915426)
"Fuck You. Pay Me." is a pretty well established philosophy, not just a curse word.

https://vimeo.com/22053820

Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by driverdan on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @03:17PM (#3915958)
The only thing that aggravates me about it is that she put an asterisk in "Fuck" as if it makes some kind of a difference.
Re:Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing) by veenix on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:25PM (#3915422)
If you actually read the article, you will see that the slide that you're referring to is sarcastic. The actual text just says the facts and is not laced with profanity or emotional words.