Job Surge or What?
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i haven't been on NT for a few days and just caught up on this thread. i'm currently building my site and application mailers. should be up towards the end of the week. very impressive work on your site, btw.
my background is predominantly in print design and print production/prepress from working at a newspaper and putting out several magazines. with media increasing their digital presence, i'm definitely making sure i pay attention to how things can translate from one paper to website and how it can support the initial medium.
i agree with whoever said that once a designer lays out a site for 2 months, they might be too burned out to code it. i'd rather be working with another person that has the chops to make my ideas functional in the best possible way.
i feel like i need to have skills on both sides of a project so i can communicate with the back end. i want to be able to bounce ideas back and forth about what their constraints can do for my design and vice versa.
i know coming in as a junior i won't have that much creative control in most cases, but its definitely important to me to understand what's going on in all aspects of a project. i've seen many leave my hands and fall apart before shipping out.
it just seems like most postings i see are looking for someone that can do it all. is this just wishful thinking on their part?