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The reality is that we're at the mercy of clients and bosses, and I don't see that changing. Every once in awhile someone will come along that realizes they have hired professionals, and trust the professionals to their job. But that's about 1 in 10, in my experience.

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It's also the professional's job to convince the boss why their ideas are bad. "This is considered animation spam." or "This is considered a bad practice, but this other way is more effective." or "Our tests have shown that users are annoyed by X."

It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does.

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