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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I'm not sure that it really "offends" me.... it's just kind of irritating to see the same statements made here every day by many people about how some percentage of members on this (or any) community site are [insert favorite derogatory label here]... posers, wannabes, fry cooks, etc....
it just gets old, because I'm not sure I believe it's true. The ones just hanging out and not really doing biz in the industry would get bored & naturally move on to something else after a while. I just think declaring 90% of GFY as non-business hangers-on is grossly inaccurate.
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Well, I will defer to not only my own experiences here. But those I have heard from many others. Including those who provide CMS, design work, content, among other things. When all of their stories start matching your own experiences then it start to provide a pattern. A pattern that can then provide an educated guess based on facts and experiences of many people in many different segments of this industry.
Whether you are offended or not is not relevant. As you did not fit the characteristics originally mentioned in my O.P.. So the point is moot in that regard.
If you feel that more than 90% are full timers in this industry, and have hundreds of experiences over the years, including currently, people in various segments of this business who can afford your designs, higher end CMS's, content and other things great. Keep laughing all the way to the bank!
I will base my educated opinion based on facts shared over many years, in many conversations here, in private, at conferences, with many other people who have no reason to lie, and piece it together as a snap shot of the message board regulars.
My educated guess based on experience does not require your agreement.