For those that don’t already know I’m a Website Developer / Internet Marketer. Whilst I work I meet a broad spectrum of different people most who are very opinionated.
The definition of professional
a person who earns a living in a sport or other occupation frequently engaged in by amateurs: a golf professional.
My first frustration is really for my colleagues who usually produce amazing work for clients that convey the message the client is trying to send out very well, always briefed before producing a design. Whilst I understand it needs to be right for the business, more often than not they come up with ridiculous requests which damages the work being done.
Why does this frustrate me?
Well it frustrates me because these people are getting involved in something they know nothing about. You don’t see me standing over my Mechanic telling him how to fix my car, or telling my Doctor that he’s done it wrong. I quite frankly find it insulting that these people think they can make design based decisions with absolutely no experience or understanding.
The same applies to the Development and Marketing:- ”why isn’t it done like this?”. Now personally, I strive to be remarkable there is absolutely no sloppy jobs that I do, however I still find people complaining that its not done the best way, when I know full well it is!
I’m sure everyone experiences this, I find it extremely hard to put up with, its rude.
Why do we ignore it?
For me personally if I wasn’t employed but self employed I wouldn’t ignore it, but I do for the sake of my job, for now atleast.
December 30th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Your definition of a professional could do with some thought, have you researched some of the following?
Cambridge Dictionaries (2008) http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=63190&dict=CALD
Davidson, T. (1900) Aristotle and the ancient education ideals. New York: Charles Scribner’s.
Ferrari, G. R. F. (ed.) (2006) The Republic, Ninth edition, Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press.
Foster, A. (2005) Realising the Potential: a review of the future role of Further Education colleges, London: DfES.
Furlong, J. (2000) Intuition and the crises in teacher professionalism. In Atkinson, T and Claxton, G. (eds) The Intuitive Practitioner: on the value of not always knowing what one is doing. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Haller, E. J. and Strike, K. A. (1986) An Introduction to Educational Administration. New York: Longman
Hoy, W. K. and Miskel, C. G. (1987) Educational Administration: Theory, Research and Practice. Third Edition. New York: Random House
Hoyle, E. and John, P. (1995) Professional Knowledge and Professional Practice. London: Cassell
Ornstein, A. C. & Levine, D. U. (1981) An introduction to the foundations of education, Second edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Oxford English Dictionary (1989) Second Edition Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Perks, R.W. (1993) Accounting and Society. London: Chapman & Hall.
Schon, D. (1987) Educating the Reflective Practitioner. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Wikipedia (2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional
December 30th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Hi Graham, thanks for your comment. Yes it probably could it was more of a little rant about me and my colleagues feeling rather insulted about clients ‘knowing best’.