tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1405715180431775849..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: Pay The F@cking Writer: Part Infinitydriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78137600746383627312013-03-05T20:28:57.902-06:002013-03-05T20:28:57.902-06:00I'm saddened by the Atlantic bit. I thought be...I'm saddened by the Atlantic bit. I thought better of them.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />TengrainTengrainhttp://mockpaperscissors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62730089428947091012013-03-05T17:47:20.525-06:002013-03-05T17:47:20.525-06:00Incidentally, it is this kind of logic that justif...Incidentally, it is this kind of logic that justifies the existence of a minimum wage. Clearly the Atlantic can and does pay for people to write. Yet they realize that there's enough writers out there who are trying to gain traction, that they can offer to pay nothing. While this writer clearly didn't take it, it's reasonable to conclude that others do because otherwise they'd never make the offer.<br /><br />Back to minimum wage jobs, do you think McDonalds, etc, would make workers a similar deal if they were allowed to by law? Oh if you sign on as a cook and work for us for the next 3 months, if all goes well, maybe we can find you a full time position. Given the number of people who need a job right now, they'd probably have no problem staffing their restaurants with that approach.<br /><br />Of course no such law applies in a free lance situation.Steve Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956603993158366950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6555513967853860092013-03-05T12:58:33.779-06:002013-03-05T12:58:33.779-06:00Note the Terms Of Sevitude, OBS:
Serve the plutoc...Note the Terms Of Sevitude, OBS:<br /><br />Serve the plutocracy, and potentially HUGE bucks are yours, even if you're a complete hack.<br /><br />Otherwise,forget about it...See Froomkin, Dan, etc.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-40865189938453866652013-03-05T11:01:44.100-06:002013-03-05T11:01:44.100-06:00The vaunted Atlantic paid McMegan for how fucking ...The vaunted <i>Atlantic</i> paid McMegan for <i>how fucking long</i> and they can't pay somebody that actually knows how to write? For shame.OBShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290768768025981403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-67611160366436401122013-03-05T10:17:05.084-06:002013-03-05T10:17:05.084-06:00I heard a story once, most likely apocryphal, abou...I heard a story once, most likely apocryphal, about an architect who met with a corporate client who wanted him to do a project for free, as an introductory job, "and we'd get caught up on the next one". To which the architect got up, did a quick little soft shoe, sat back down and said "that's what I can give you for free. For everything else, I need to get paid."<br /><br />Odd how "the next one" never seems to arrive. <br /><br />After some of that kind of treatment, I have discovered that Hooker Rules apply: Free is only for your lover; everybody else has to pay.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com