Rush

Posted by Chris Tingom on February 27, 2007 at 2:14 pm.

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I remember years ago when every project wasn’t a “rush” project. Those were the days.

Comment posted by Thomas Chapin on February 27, 2007 at 4:17 pm
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haha!

Comment posted by Brian Sheahan on February 27, 2007 at 6:01 pm
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nice.

yeah, even if i could, i can’t cuz i’m not making enough on my projects yet to be able to make more time without going bankrupt. lol.

soon enough – i have a plan in place. mwah ha ha ha ha!!!

a wonderful plan to make more money. those always are the best ones, you know!

Comment posted by Hugh on February 27, 2007 at 8:37 pm
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In my day job as a graphic designer I suffer from this as well. When I started my career 25 years ago. Projects were measured in weeks even months.

Now I find it not unusual for clients to ask for projects with deadlines measured in days and even hours…

Sort of like Moore’s Law…exponential shrinkage

LOL

Comment posted by Tom Chandler on February 27, 2007 at 9:40 pm
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Technology allows me to send copy halfway around the world at the push of a button.

Sadly, I don’t think any faster than I used to.

From the “how quaint” department: when I started this 20+ years ago, I actually charged “rush” fees on some jobs…

Comment posted by markrush on February 28, 2007 at 4:26 am
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yeah and how come people want you to pitch for £500 jobs WTF 10k maybe but not £500!

mark

Comment posted by mark on February 28, 2007 at 9:01 am
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Really, you had days that weren’t rushed? That’s not how adults typically work. Everything adults do is typically rushed, it’s called ‘just in time’ action.

Comment posted by Austin on February 28, 2007 at 9:09 am
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Its the world of instant gratification. Having to wait for anything is too much to ask.

Comment posted by Jeff on February 28, 2007 at 9:16 am
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…there’s this one project I started about 5 year’s ago that was a rush…think I’ll be done this June.

Comment posted by angie jantz on February 28, 2007 at 1:27 pm
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Rushes are fun. Since I now work in pseudo-corporate land, I get submitted design requests. But every one I get is always a rush, to try to put it on the top of the stack of everything else already in the queue. I try to explain to people that if very design request I get is a rush then nothing is a rush. It cracks me up.

Now not only is it a “rush” but it’s a “hot rush” or “super duper hot rush”!

Comment posted by Chris Tingom on February 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm
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Angie, that’s right on. The other thing is false deadlines. People tell you they need it by Friday, but they actually don’t really need it until the next Wednesday.

People hand out so much stuff as rush these days, that they get used to people not meeting deadlines. So what happens is they give out false deadlines.

Comment posted by mark on February 28, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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Yep, every time the CEO comes to me and tells me he needs something I say, “ok, whens it need to be done?” and he replies, “Yesterday”….

it’s like a Dilbert comic…