Categories: Design

The Truth About Being A Freelance Web Designer [Infographic]

There is a whole misconception going around about freelance web designers. It seems the general perception is that it is a laid back, carefree and ultimately creative profession. I can honestly say that if it was even a fraction of that, I think most freelance web designers would be the happiest people in the world. I am sorry to say that unfortunately it isn’t. The perception couldn’t be farther from the truth. The reality of it is that the profession is more stressful than you can imagine.

Being a freelance web designer involves whole lot of problem solving each and every single day. The creative outlet that people think you have is really quite limited. Sure, if you are designing stuff for yourself, you of course have 100% control. However, that is never the case when you are a freelance web designer. You will have to toss out your own ideas, destroy them even, and follow an abstract thought that your client has tried to share that makes little or no sense at all.

If you ever implement something genius, groundbreaking and utterly wonderful into their website, they will most likely ask you to take it off since they haven’t seen it one of the multinational companies’ websites before. The mindset is, “If it ain’t there, it can’t be good.”

There are a lot of freelance web designers who have tried to share their frustration with the world through different kinds of creative outlets. Most are hilarious and quite touching on the edge of the truth. However, when it comes to hilarity and creative outlet combined, this infographic is probably the one that is the closest to the truth, at least that I have found.

It’s presented and created by The Maple Kind and is called The Whole Truth About Being A Freelancer In Web Design. Through this piece of awesomeness, you get a true glimpse into the profession of being a freelance web designer. In many ways this is exactly how it is. Of course, some things are greatly exaggerated, especially the distractions section. I can’t remember ever being distracted from a project just because of the Internet. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember even having time to be distracted.

Now that you have gotten a little better, more truthful, insight into what it means to be a freelance web designer, do you still want to be one? Are you still looking at this profession with watery eyes thinking your biggest dream will never come true? The question should really be, are you prepared to give up your entire creative life just to make enough money to live it?

The Maple Kind’s Truth About Freelance Web Designers

Via: [visual.ly]

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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