1. When your parents friends hear you’re not a lawyer, doctor or engineer.

“So you are wasting your life and energy doing what again?”

2. When you try to explain exactly what you do to people and they still don’t get it.

Na wa for you people.

3. When after abusing you, people ask you to work for free.

Are you mentally balanced?

4. When you are tired of working for free, you announce it like:

Please be advised.

5. When people assume you don’t have to use your brain for what you do.

You people are obviously not alright.

6. When you meet people just like you.

So I’m not alone in the world.

7. When people don’t take you seriously and then try to form familiar when you are succeeding.

Kindly move back.

8. When friends and family start looking for excessive discounts.

That 15% is enough please don’t be greedy

9. When people slander your work without mercy.

Is it all my hard work you people are rubbishing like this?

10. The first time you get paid for your work, you’re like:

FINALLY!

11. When someone complains your work is too expensive, goes somewhere “cheaper” and gets absolutely rubbish work.

“Sorry oh!”

12. When you see someone copying your work and taking credit for it.

Do you people have no shame?

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