http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/20/mytimehasvalue-canada-150-logo-birthday_n_6510432.html
The opening line in this article should already set off alarms in your head. “Many young Canadian designers are expressing outrage that the federal government would ask them to work for free.”
I don’t know how to properly express everything that’s wrong with that statement.
Essentially, the government is holding a contest to find a new logo for Canada’s 150th birthday. This is no different from what any sort of company does, and sometimes, *gasp*, they poll people about different logos or slogans FOR FREE! Oh the humanity!!
As someone who’s gone through school studying political science, I speak with experience when I say there’s no group more pompous than a university arts student. Of course I’m generalizing, but many of this ilk cannot fathom that we live in a world where a degree in “Vegetarian Studies” or “Gender Fluid Mechanics” won’t get you far.
For starters, the government has NOT offered a job to a student and then demanded they work for free. It’s a contest where the winner gets $5,000. You don’t have to compete if you don’t want to. I mean look at this next passage:
“Imagine 500 students enter the contest. Each student spends 10 hours on a design, which totals 5,000 hours of work.”
Wow…I had no idea these young Van Goghs were crafting the next “Starry Night”.
Does anyone believe for a second that 10 hours will be spent on a logo? Maybe there’s one overachiever who’s gonna try and blow everyone’s hair back with an awesome design, but to pretend that 500 different students are going to slave their fingers to the bone is a joke. My old roommate was able to make some great designs in Photoshop…in 30 minutes…while drunk.
I’m all for a reasonable wage for working, but this is a contest! For fun! These people need to grow up.
The Conservative Canadian 