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It seems to also depend very much on who the website is for. The reality is that many organizations (small businesses basic organizations restaurants schools no
by burgessaccount 11y ago
It seems to also depend very much on who the website is for. The reality is that many organizations (small businesses basic organizations restaurants schools nonprofits etc.) need sites that do basic, routine things, in which case, the hard problems are solved, and good templates are available. In that case, having an in-house person who understands the company's needs is better than having a sophisticated specialist. It seems like, as the # of websites has increased, one would have expected the demand for web designers to increase proportionately, but it hasn't, because the orgs with the most complex site needs were the first to build.
- ryanSrich 11y agoWebsite is also a minomer now more than ever. If it's online and you access it via the web is it a website? A product? A web product? A web app? SaaS app? Is it mobile? Is a webkit app a website? Is a website wrapped in a mobile browser ported to a phone a website? One could certainly argue in either direction for all of those questions. The skills are all very similar, the technologies are mostly the same (foundationally). I don't think work is drying up nor demand going down. I think designers are more important now more than ever, they just might not be traditional web designers.