The fact is if big fat wallets want to get five of us monkeys dancing on the chance one will get some money then it’s not a healthy situation for anyone. It devalues the designers and means when you do speculative work and don’t pull the contract you not only don’t get paid but you have to make that income back from real clients.
What’s particularly bad is its so ingrained into some industry heavyweights that its the only way they work. But it only works because we play the game.
