22. You Are Responsible for Your Own Time
Every designer or agency that has achieved any measure of success has endured the experience of late nights and weekend work. They happen. They are inevitable. This is an unfortunate part of the graphic design industry. If you are lucky, you will work at a place that fights against the late-night current and strives to schedule things in a way that gets you out of the office at a reasonable hour.
At our agency, there were a few years in a row where we were doubling our billings. This type of growth proved very difficult to manage. The unfortunate thing is that I often felt alone in my efforts to manage the growth: I would hire more people, use freelancers, create production systems, give motivational ...
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