Timeline for How should I respond to requests to work "for exposure"?
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| Nov 6, 2020 at 15:29 | comment | added | Scott | @RichardWard .. or a date... | |
| Nov 4, 2020 at 12:45 | answer | added | r3dm4n | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 19, 2020 at 20:18 | comment | added | Scott | College students aren't earning a living and dependent upon that living. Internships are merely further education. I'd point out that Taproot seeks to aide in pro bono work (For the good of all) not to assist for-profit ventures. If you plan to earn a living at whatever you do and are no longer seeking education in a field, working for free is always a bad idea. If exposure is the goal, one can volunteer/donate services to a charity. Most charities will gladly accept such an offer and the exposure will be 100 times more sweeping than some specific work for a specific start up venture. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 19:47 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Why does it not depend on the circumstances? If you've been working in a field for a while, you should come to know whether it's worth putting your work "for exposure" in Gasworks Gallery, or not. Aren't art college graduation shows partly "for exposure"? Aren't internships in commerce and industry as much "for exposure" as for experience? | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 15:45 | comment | added | Zsolt Szilagyi | Generally speaking, don't respond at all. Just delete the mail. It's a waste of time. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 10:38 | comment | added | Richard Ward | @MechMK1 Or get arrested for it. | |
| S Oct 15, 2020 at 9:06 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Used more standard formatting (we have italics and bold on this platform). Fixed the question formation - missing auxiliary (or helping) verb - see e.g. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yWEt0OSpg&t=1m49s> (see also <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5NfSzXfrI> (QUASM)).
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| Oct 14, 2020 at 11:06 | comment | added | rdans | and just one other thing. you need to consider the opportunity cost e.g. what other paying jobs could you be missing out on while doing that job. If you are literally waiting for work to come in then obviously the advertising could have more value to you than if you already had a lot of paying jobs | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 11:05 | comment | added | rdans | i don't have enough reputation to post an answer but just wanted to say advertising does obviously have a value if you can agree something specific and tangible e.g. they will provide a written recommendation, post details of your work on the news feed on their website, share your page on their social media accounts (if they have enough followers to make it worthwhile). Once you have some specifics like that its easier to quantify the value because you would obviously have to pay to put an advert on facebook to reach a specific number of users so have something fro comparison... | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 18:27 | comment | added | Christos Hayward | One note: Several people have said that someone who asks you to work for exposure, unprovoked, is a jerk and a bad customer. However, I would like to clarify that sometimes pro bono work is desirable: several people have told me that a Taproot gig is a wonderful opportunity for professional advancement. And you have received comments and answers on "for exposure" terms on this forum. But work pro bono because you sought out pro bono work on terms that make sense to you, and not because a cheap client wants your work product to be un-compensated. | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 17:42 | comment | added | NKCampbell | good info here as well: nospec.com/articles | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 17:16 | comment | added | fraxinus | Is the potential client non-profit ? | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 16:20 | history | protected | Canadian Luke♦ | ||
| Oct 13, 2020 at 16:00 | comment | added | Christos Hayward | I don't imagine it would be the best communication but you could always ask for a top dollar sponsorship of one of your projects, "for exposure." | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackFreelance/status/1316030968088727552 | ||
| Oct 13, 2020 at 14:56 | answer | added | Nathan Adams | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 12:46 | comment | added | MechMK1 | Exposure? People die from exposure. | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 12:42 | answer | added | FloPinguin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 13, 2020 at 1:26 | answer | added | Matija Nalis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 12, 2020 at 17:13 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Oct 12, 2020 at 11:53 | answer | added | Be Brave Be Like Ukraine | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 12, 2020 at 11:33 | answer | added | morsor | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 12, 2020 at 9:29 | answer | added | Scott | timeline score: 43 | |
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| Oct 12, 2020 at 9:13 | history | asked | Nzall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |