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That is the best answer Ankylo but not always the safest. I guess in a way I am back to square one but at the same time I have a better idea and a more narrowed idea of the path I want to choose in my career. I definatly want to do something with computer gfx involved...know any other job?

I was thinking gfx designer for magazines and stuff
or working in video games as a gfx artist- this is something I would really like to do as well.

Btw:Demon- Death Note is the shit ;D

author=kentona link=topic=1034.msg14582#msg14582 date=1210019620
I majored in Computer Science with no particular focus. In my experience, the designers (or Architects) start out as web developers or business analysts. I do software development in a web environment, so I'm not exactly a Web Designer per se. I do design and implement the UI interface in my job, though.


I am salaried, and I've only been on my current job for 1 year.

I've never taken a marketing class.

I work in the World's Smallest Cubicle.

Are you looking to be the guy that makes websites for business and the like (like for Pepsi or Chevy or whatever)? Or making web software (like Google)?

Yeah I'm looking to make the websites for businesses I'm not interested in making the software.


@Ankylo: Thanks for that link I guess it would be harder to find a job as a designer compared to a developer. Truth is I'm more into the graphical side of things. I wounld'nt mind learning HTML as it doesn't take to long nor is it complicated but I generally hate coding which is why I don't want to be a developer.

For the longest time I have been so confused and in the dark about what I want to do. My parents always pushed for Medical School but I quickly lost interest in that. I was considering Psychology but today I checked it out online and even though some psch courses interested me overall I am not willing to go to 6 more years of school after college and then have 10 plus hour work days...plus I'm not the best communicator so that is a problem too...while course materials may interest me the career doesn't.

Then I took a career test and among the results Web Design popped up. I checked it out on various sites and found this description: If you like a little bit of art and are a little bit of a computer geek web design is for you. Well I always liked the gfx side and design side to computing so I felt like it just cliked.

SO now I'm thinking of going into web design, everything I read about it or atleast a majority sounds like a fit for the kind of person I am, unlike every other job description I have read.

So my question is does anyone here design websites, work as a webdesigner, or are interested in web design?

I want to hear from people who work as web designers/or anyone who knows of the career:

-How stable is the job
-How much do they/you get paid
-How much do you enjoy it
-Anything else you can tell me about it that might help.

Thanks

Thanks all, this seems like a cool place for everything rpg maker :) Preciate the welcome.

Yeah I wish it wasn't locked atleast not till the end of next friday or something. But basically everyone started jumping on G&D for not producing games to their standards...then they (Staff members) started to want to change people from the rpg maker scene. Some people were basically saying things along the line of RPG is shit we don't want that cliche crap in this site because it is ruining us in the eyes of indie developers (Who they are shifting to bring in more of) Anyways many of these members were not suggesting but forcing for a change to be brought about.

The admins sugar coated the staff rants not taking into account their obvious hate and lack of respect towards G&Ders. So what Mateui is going to do is set up a IGD or indie game section for full games including rpg maker which is why I respect him and another section for short/fluff essentially or what they describe as the current G&D.

The thing that bothers me is the attitude towards the rm community there. There are staff member who if they were admins I guarentee you would rid the site of anything rpg maker just because of their dislike for 1) Rpgs 2) anything rm.

http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=71591.new#new

-Check that out if you don't believe bias exists there.

They claim we should have more Berkley games or w/e but I don't care about stuff like that, it doesn't interest me. They say we lack creativity because we stick to cliche and refuse to move past rpg maker. They want us to learn C++ but are too dumb to understand that people like rpg maker for its ease of use and because you can produce quality looking stuff in a short time, they think you can learn to use Maya and C++ all in one day.

That was my issue.



Just to prove further how lame/retarded these people are at GW:
http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=71517.0