๐๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒโฆ
It might sound something like this:
โHeyโฆ we need to talk.โ
โYou keep sending paid traffic to me, but you haven't updated my homepage since 2022.โ
โHalf the services you offer now aren't even...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ: โ๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.โ ๐
Client:
โHey Victor, just one quick changeโฆโ
Developer:
๐
Sometimes it really is quick.
Change text.
Replace an image.
Adjust a...
๐๐ณ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐'๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐บ
And I'm actually happy about that.
There are projects in my portfolio that I was extremely proud of when I completed them.
Today?
I'd change the spacing.
Simplify...
๐๐ฒ๐'๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐: ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ โ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑโ?
Imagine two websites.
Website A
Beautiful.
Modern.
Amazing animations.
Perfect typography.
Looks incredible.
But...
It generates very few enquiries.
Website B
Simple.
Not...
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐
Don't get me wrong.
Getting paid well for your work feels good.
But there's something else I've come to appreciate.
Freedom.
Being able to choose what I work on.
Being...
