How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

Shaughnessy wrote the practical guide design school skips: finding work, setting rates, writing proposals, presenting, handling clients, hiring, and staying ethical in a commercial world. The tone is candid and generous — a senior designer telling you how it really works.

Read it before your first freelance job and again when you start managing others. Its chapters on client relationships and creative ethics age better than any software tutorial ever will.