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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6832850" data-attributes="member: 37579">If they only open their wallets to WotC then there's no real way to ever earn their money, as WotC only really has three designers on staff and doesn't show any interest in hiring more. Even if Crawford retires tomorrow there might not be a position. The best one can do in this business is freelance for a 3rd Party company producing a licenced product for WotC... but most of those opportunities are going to former staff from the past ten years. But, for some people, it doesn't matter if a product is being written and published by Kobold Press, who includes some designers in the game industry since 2e. It's still not WotC and thus ineffably less valuable. I'm not going to just work for free so people who don't think my work is worthwhile because it's not a brand name product stay happy. I shouldn't be expected to work for exposure.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6832850, member: 37579"] If they only open their wallets to WotC then there's no real way to ever earn their money, as WotC only really has three designers on staff and doesn't show any interest in hiring more. Even if Crawford retires tomorrow there might not be a position. The best one can do in this business is freelance for a 3rd Party company producing a licenced product for WotC... but most of those opportunities are going to former staff from the past ten years. But, for some people, it doesn't matter if a product is being written and published by Kobold Press, who includes some designers in the game industry since 2e. It's still not WotC and thus ineffably less valuable. I'm not going to just work for free so people who don't think my work is worthwhile because it's not a brand name product stay happy. I shouldn't be expected to work for exposure. [/QUOTE]

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