Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don’t teach you in design school, but should

64. “Forgiveness” Points

With every new job, new boss, new client, or new project, you have one goal and one goal only: to build up “forgiveness points.” The graphic design industry is filled with craziness. A myriad of variables will inevitably cause a project to blow up at some point in your career. A typo may get printed. Perhaps a server will get hacked and disable a website you created. Maybe you or someone on your team will miss an important deadline. At some point in the lifecycle of your business relationship with a client or company, something will go awry and the project will come to a screaming halt. Whether your relationship with the client or employer will survive the blow depends on how many forgiveness points you’ve accumulated. ...