17 Nov 2020, 23:25

@lpetiti I have to say, I've never really thought about it before. It depends on the person I'm dealing with - if it's someone who usually answers very quickly, then even after just 2 days I'd follow up. If it's a new client, I'd probably give them a week. I think I'm probably a bit more impatient with that sort of thing though, I prefer more communication rather than less and follow up a lot. But no one's ever seemed to take it the wrong way so there's that. It's also happened quite frequently that emails got lost or ended up in spam, so it was a good thing that I followed up or I would have been waiting forever. One time, 5 days after sending sketches I followed up and the AD said, I kid you not, "Oh, I answered in my head and forgot to actually type up the email!"

But for the other thing, don't be too hard on yourself 🙂 It's not uncommon to feel insecure in these situations because there's an imbalance of power when someone is hiring you to do something, especially if you really want/need the project. What really helps me put things into perspective is imagining what Iu would think of the situation if the roles were reversed. If you never contacted someone to give them something they need from you to do their job, then ignored them, would you think them unprofessional for following up?