Level of business skills in freelancers drasticly going downhill

you can try contacting : http://boomnewmedia.com/

ive done a lot of work with their designs, frontend coding and the like.. I've got a client that contracts me to code all of the designs he purchases through them.. From what I understand, they always deliver, and cooperate and are always in contact.

If you would like, I could get a better description of their services for you, and what they are like, from my client, just let me know.

me :P www.zanejamal.com

Why dont you all sit back and realise that words aren't weapons and we all work in a competitive industry, a very competitive one!

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Originally Posted by velizio Why dont you all sit back and realise that words aren't weapons and we all work in a competitive industry, a very competitive one! If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Well said, you took the words out of my mouth. I have to agree with all the things you said Robson. Anthony is for sure the best man to get the work done on time and i would recommend him to anyone as a designer my self. I share a lot common views with him eventhough we dont know each other. A designer should treat the client's work as he treats his own. So if a designer shows a delayed schedule without previous notifications it clearly shows his character and immaturity towards the freelance industry.

delete this.

You look ugly as hell, but no offence, it's not your fault.
Clearly the same type of comment, clearly rude and not appropriate.

Anyway, i can see where you're coming from Robson. If a freelancer cannot commit to the project in my personal opinion they shouldn't even touch it. With that many brick walls i'm surprised you've held your composure too. At least this shows (with Ant) that there are a few good bricks in the wall that might help you get through it.

Originally Posted by Jeff Andersen You look ugly as hell, but no offence, it's not your fault. Clearly the same type of comment, clearly rude and not appropriate.

No,
when my post was rude it would be something like this,
"Blindchild, your a bad deesigner so why would he contact you?"


regards
Tom


ps.anthony check pm, if you already did, no problem.

blindchild you left yourself open for the comment, think a bit more before you post next time and maybe give it a second thought and opt-out.

Thanks for the comments Michael, appreciated highly.

I've got years of experience, which I beleive in showing when dealing with clients and people who are willing to learn. If you think you're the big thing, or too good for more knowledge, then step back.

I spend every single day learning more and more. Life skills reflect knowledge in business and when dealing with people. Maybe the problem is youth (notice I said youth...not age...age is just a number). A few years down the line some of you will look back maybe and think "hmmm, yeah...that's right".

Originally Posted by velizio Maybe the problem is youth (notice I said youth...not age...age is just a number). A few years down the line some of you will look back maybe and think "hmmm, yeah...that's right".

Some people cannot say no to projects. I know I can (say no) as I did it recently for 2 projects when I knew I wouldn't be able to deal with the deadlines.

I recently hired someone to skin (and finish a design) for wordpress. I said I needed it by the end of the week but he promised me it done next day. I'm stilll waiting and am getting bloody annoyed at his excused- "I'm trying to get my grades up at school", "I messed up and need to start over". The second one is complete bull****, the preview has stayed the same since the first day. Tomorrow I will be filing a chargeback via paypal, he urged for upfront payment so he could pay his hosting.

Anyway for decent designers I can say Anthony is a great and fast worker (completed my job within hours). I also do a lot of work for http://portfolio.pandukasenaka.com/index.html of http://www.tenfourstudios.com/ (and now he's referred me to his group's project manager, another 2-3 projects a week). They both seem to meet deadlines, and force me to pixel accuracy.