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I find myself in an even stickier place. As a designer I work in HTML and CSS, borrow and implement other people's javascript to make my interfaces do nice thi
by brm 14y ago
I find myself in an even stickier place. As a designer I work in HTML and CSS, borrow and implement other people's javascript to make my interfaces do nice things, and dance around in wordpress php, tumblr themeing, and the superficial code of other content management systems. Beyond that I certainly don't 'code'.
Sure I move around enough in ruby and python enough to make the pretty face I've designed work with the app and I certainly don't consider myself technical if asked, but I seem to be lightyears beyond the business or ideas person on the building side of things.
More than a superficial designer, less than a front end developer is one of the strangest places to be.
- losethos 14y agoThere is a Jedi mind trick with the web. What happened to robots? HTML is nothing like real programming -- it's art. Programming a robot is real programming -- like if it has image processing. I think there are tons of applications for image processing but the Jedi mind trick is channeling people into web shit.
- coryl 14y agoHow about "semi-technical" or "almost-technical"?
- jsavimbi 14y agoMake a choice then: learn to code or focus on design. I can help you. I make double as a designer as what I made as a front-end developer and I'm also happier for it. The more focused you become on design the less dependent you'll be on either the business side or the engineering team. And you'll be more in-demand than either.