Comments on: What I Hate About Becoming a Designer

By: Dreamweaver Contact Forms

Dreamweaver Contact Forms — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:32:22 +0000

Great design. Glad I stumbled on this. Thanks.

By: Buzzlair

Buzzlair — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:45:45 +0000

I must say, this article quite impressed me. Some “today” has been in practice by me. What about

a year ago : CSS, what the heck is that?
Today : cant live without it.

By: Idil

Idil — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:24:46 +0000

Jeremy, I can relate to this post. it is so darn true. I’ve been doing this for over just a lil more than a year and am going through it as well.

By: Max

Max — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:41:38 +0000

Hi jemery,
I’m not a professional designer yet. But some things you wrote are so true I think the Comic-Sans-phenomena is what you will get a smile from almost every designer.
Great collection

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:45:00 +0000

This post is so true; it’s impossible not to dissect every piece of signage I see. The most annoying thing now, however, is the fact that everyone THINKS they can do what you do just as well, despite their lack of experience, technological mastery, or creativity. It’s frustrating when others see designers as a disposable entity.

By: Jseen

Jseen — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:11:17 +0000

Nice post and nice observation about yourself.
I feel the same with movie titles while watching a movie.

By: Frak

Frak — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:54:19 +0000

Why I hate being a designer: Clients suck.

By: johan tran

johan tran — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:15 +0000

Good designer! Thank for this post! I will become a web developer.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:06:14 +0000

@Coby - Thanks for the comment and I agree, people often flippantly use OCD to refer to perfectionism. Thanks for the encouragement also, it means a lot. Good luck with your pixel alignments

By: Coby

Coby — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:12:49 +0000

I really enjoyed this post at first, because I thought the author had some really good points and a sense of humor that evades most designers out there (some of whom posted here, apparently). It’s funny to point out some of the annoying attributes we can take on as designers, and this author deserves a pat on the back for publicly admitting these experiences. However, after reading a majority of the comments here, I became annoyed with all the references to “OCD” - in particular how people - like most people do - are trivializing what is a very serious disorder by saying things like “Unfortunately, it [being a designer] has led to a wee bit of OCD” and the like, as though OCD is akin to a cold that annoys people when caught. Sorry, that’s a terrible analogy, but do you get the gist of what I’m trying to say? And, yes, by now you’ve probably guessed that I have OCD for real (it stands for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, in case anyone doesn’t know). I’m really not even sure why I’m posting this right now, or why I’m actually a bit pissed by these comments (which were made by those who I’m sure really meant no harm), so I guess you should just take this as a public service announcement for OCD and nothing more. In short, it’s a rotten disorder to have; it can have negative affects on your life, your relationships - even your physical health. It’s NOT a personality attribute. And it’s ok to make fun of it, so forgive my harshness if I’m coming across that way. Basically, I just felt like I needed to say something. Blah.

Oh, and one other thing: All of you a-hole design snobs who have bitched and moaned about the author not being worthy of making the complaints he has b/c he’s using a WP theme designed by someone else - shut the hell up. This is supposed to be a brotherhood and we should all encourage those who are just getting into design.

Alright, time to go line up my pixels for the 20th time tonight (see? sense of humor despite making meaningless posts out of anger)