Every time someone says, “This job isn’t about the money,” I roll my eyes. Like, I love what I do… but I also love rent and groceries. Why are we still romanticizing underpaid creative work?

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Everyone gets such low budgets for projects that I think people like to try and convince the best people into working for free. I get the struggle but it feels very patronising.

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