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QTNA - Design Industry Edition
What is the best/worst advice you've received while working in the Design Industry? What advice would you give someone who's looking to get into the Design Industry?
Sweet Caroline
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10/27/19 at 1:42PM UTC
My first paying co-op the interior design firm was small and wasn’t paying me regularly. I was desperate for money and the owners were very wealthy. I had just one coworker beside the owners and after a few weeks of no check I asked him when we would be paid and he basically told me to just be patient, when the client paid the firm we would get paid. I literally had NO money for gas to get to work and was embarrassed to ask my parents and admit I wasn’t being paid.
Being patient to be paid is completely wrong and illegal and that was terrible advice. I ended up quitting for something closer to home and would never subject myself to that again!
