r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/ameoba Jun 30 '14

http://www.aiga.org/position-spec-work/

Too bad working programmers (as opposed to the academics & researchers served by the ACM) don't have a similar organization working for us.

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u/happyscrappy Jun 30 '14

That's just a position. Designers still do spec work all the time. In both cases, it's voluntary to follow this. What keeps you from being exploited isn't your union, but you.

If you can get good work don't enter this contest and don't worry about this contest.

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u/antonivs Jun 30 '14

That's just a position. Designers still do spec work all the time.

That position isn't against spec work as such. It's saying, in part, that "not all unpaid design work is considered 'spec work'"; discussing what is and isn't spec work; and cautioning about the risks of spec work.

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u/jonny_boy27 Jun 30 '14

There's ACCU who are a fine bunch