What I pointed out was that when you are paid to do a task, you are paid to adopt the values and intents of your employers.
I did not say you did not have the choice of employers. I am merely stating one facet of business reality. If this reality is offensive, I suggest you take it up with those responsible. --- Christopher Fahey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Borokowski wrote: > > As a designer or any other employee, you're a mercenary. Your job > > is to > > adopt the values of your audience and create for them. > > Speak for yourself. :-) Being a mercenary is not the same as being a > > professional. > > I, for one, will not adopt my audience's, boss's, or client's values > > if they conflict with my own personal values. I try to work with > clients who are classy enough to be in synch with my values so I > don't have to face such a dilemma. My company has even (twice) > declined to talk to potential clients whose values were opposed to > our own. We are human beings, after all, who have to sleep at night > and tell our friends and family about what we do. > > You probably/hopefully meant "values" as less of a moral/ethical > issue and more of an empathy issue, but all the same it's troubling > to be urged to be a mercenary. http://technical-writing.dionysius.com/ technical writing | consulting | development __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
