The more projects you implement, the more acute the issue of proper file structure becomes. Without it, you’ll face total chaos and the speed of project implementation will tend to a minimum.
Like with naming, you can create your own structure, but I recommend using the following order:
work / yymmdd-client / yymmdd-project / —
/ inbox / yymmdd (incoming material)
/ outbox / yymmdd (outgoing material)
/ render / yymmdd (renders)
/ scene (.max scenes, xrefs)
/ maps (auxiliary maps and drawings for a specific task)
If you don’t have a clear file structure, it’s better to spend a week to get things in order. For instance, in almost 8 years of work, we’ve accumulated about 21 TB of data. If it were in chaos, sorting it out would be impossible.