The markup isn't great at all, and the overall usability and typography choices suck. Get over yourself, millennial.
What if the customer didn't want that tricked out design you made? Are they going to get made fun of for having a simple website that people can understand and use with ease? Probably not.
The designer and customer need to work TOGETHER to get something great. The designer doesn't know the ins and outs and the passion behind the business, the customer does.
Work together and get something that looks pimp but is still in line with what the customer wants.
In all seriousness though, I appreciate his attempt to be avant-garde. If it backfires, we know why. If it gets him a few jobs, we know why.
So he’s not one of the most brilliant; he’s just good. You can also be humble and rubbish.
Down with corporations! and stuff...