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- cherub-1
"I wonder if what cherub is trying to ask is that there are certain fundamentals of design and you might not know them without formal training."
That's exactly what I was trying to ask. And this thread 100% nailed it.
I mostly understand what is expected of a freelance designer now.
Not only do you need the design, but also if you're freelance you'd be expected to:
-have professional communication skills which will be needed for closely working directly with clients, and convincing them you're the right designer for them (nb)
-be patient with the client as they try to micromanage you (hotroddy)
- be able to reverse engineer the wordpress templates (microkorg)
-help new startups figure how to "be a business" by helping them generate leads and so on (canoe)
-random problem solving (_niko)
-typography (canoe)What triggered me asking to begin with was once I had the unpleasant experience of working with SSL certificates, and add-on domains, it occured to me... what the fuck does this have to do with kerning and layouts??! This is really part of design?
I think I had it wrong. It's not part of design, but if you expect to resell some web hosting on the side, you need to know it.
Feel free to correct me on anything.
- Being a well-rounded web consultant means you know how to deal with SSL, and all the backend headache. Even going the xtra mile problem solving too.canoe
- Yeah and come to think of it, I guess "designer" isn't a big enough word to encompass all of what you lot do. Maybe better to say "tech ninja" or something.cherub