Wrong.
If designers (or coders) want to command a premium pay. You provide a premium service.
Period.
I'll give you an example. I prefer working with konrad/borked/JamesK for my coding projects. I have used many many people prior who dropped the ball, blew deadlines by a mile, granny died 10 times, the coder-designer classic excuses, or just vanished. Whatever.
Since worked with these guys, they have not let me down (this includes Prez, SPANNOW, or FletchXXX as well for design btw on the designers of choice ).
That said, these guys are not the cheapest. They are some of the most expensive in the adult market place. But worth every fucking cent!!! So you are going to PAY for good code. You are going to PAY for timely attention, support, and accounting of time. You are going to PAY for a superior coder-designer.
The up side to this is, when something comes up, or a project misses a deadline. I am informed prior to it happening so I can plan accordingly. They identify problems they come across, and fix them when needed. They provide accurate estimates of times on projects. They know better, and admit to, not take on something they can't commit to 100%. Which actually may cost them some business, but keeps their clients happy.
I will gladly wait for 2 weeks to get borked/konrad/Prez/regulars to work on something because I know it will be done, and done right the first time. These guys can knock out shit in an afternoon that most GFY coders or designers take a week or more to do (depending on project). Which my dudes, I know then they get to it... it will be done right. I know I will be kept in the loop along the way, and the code is excellent and stable.
Sure. Design is a creative process. I am not happy with every design I get, but I am very visual, and creative myself. I try and work up a very detailed idea or concept of what I want. Including color patterns, example sites, how I want things to work, and so forth to designers so they get it very close the first draft. Then we fix, or tweak it from there.
The point being, people will pay good money for superior service. But if you are like 95% of the jokers in adult who think it's ok to blow deadlines by a mile, not be upfront on your time commitments, and workload (so you can get more business) and drop the ball... no one is going to pay you a premium for that shit.
Most people in adult, or looking for work,
deserve the low wages they are getting.
