I love these little intermezzos on the Fibery website. Great tool by the way.
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1One of the biggest problems designers have is the fact that they have never been on the other end of the client-vendor relationship. Get your face out of Figma and go be a client. You will gain a newfound respect for their role, and they will no longer have to treat you like a baby.
1Adopting an aesthetic is not differentiating. It's siding with a larger group, or fitting in to a pre-existing style in order to remove risk. This is why following trends, and designing within systems is safe.
I find it rather interesting that in Serbian we use the same word for “favor” and “service”: usluga. In English it’s clear which one implies an exchange.
The lack of specification results in improvisation. It's up to you to decide whether that's the goal, or not.
The founders and stakeholders will probably be better at your job than you at first, and that's OK. They've already invested time in it, and most likely know the problem space.
It's up to them to give you a fair chance to succeed, and it's up to you to give it your best shot. Everything else is just playing games and wasting each-other's time.
As an attorney the best complimentary skill you can learn is typography. Lawyers tend to produce the worst documents in every way imaginable.
Arsenije recommends checking out Matthew Butterick's work, who is a lawyer and typographer.