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While I certainly saw them coming a mile away, the rise of sites like Squarespace and Wix still unnerves me a little bit. While I do primarily backend data wor
by donatj 5y ago
While I certainly saw them coming a mile away, the rise of sites like Squarespace and Wix still unnerves me a little bit.
While I do primarily backend data work these days, I spent a lot of the early 2000's working for an agency that built websites for people and companies. Many of which would have been simple enough to throw together in Squarespace.
I'd always thought I could fall back into building websites if this didn't work out, but I feel like that's falling out as my backup plan. I still try to keep up on CSS and JS though, just incase.
- jamil7 5y agoI see it as kind of comforting. These tools take care of the cookie-cutter projects so developers can work on more interesting things.
- zzznilzzz 5y agoI feel you. I freelanced designing and building websites in the '00s before gradually migrating into in-house creative direction and product design. After getting burned out doing that, I've tried to start a little solo web and brand shop again, which sounds fun on paper, but I can't find a market for it. People just want inexpensive Squarespace editors. They look to Fiverr, Upwork, etc. It reminds me of the Wordpress-only shops that drove me to in-house/product design in the first place, but with even less custom work being done. It's a loss for web as a creative platform, and has left me unsure of how to proceed professionally.