Do design jobs exsist?
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Any company that expects a designer to know ruby on rails, asp .net, java and j2ee development, and php and be able to setup a mysql server is just taking the piss.
A successful web designer SHOULD however (at the very least) have a good understanding of HTML, CSS, Accessibility and (if they are interested in it) Flash.
They should know what CAN and CANT be done technology-wise.
Theres nothing worse than a Print designer coming up with 'concepts' for a website that are so far out there and outwith a budget, pitching it to the client then when it comes to creating the thing - handing it over to the developers and the developers telling them its impossible.Ive been out of art college about 10 years-ish now and I did Standard Print graphic design but specialised in multimedia (doing Director stuff). I didnt get into html or flash until i was in my first job which was with the now dead BlackID. I was working with the likes of Hoss and Limmy who wowed me with flash stuff and i started to take an interest in that. At art college id also dabbled in html to put my folio together online (we werent taught it - i took it upon myself to learn it).
Im in no way a flash-master or an html-wizard but i know what IS and ISNT possible. and if theres something i need to be able to do, i have a good enough grasp on both technical disciplines that I can read some quick toturials or discect other/similar .FLA downloads and take what i need from them.
There is a new generation of designers comign out of colleges and uni's all over the world though and these are the kids whove grown up with computers moreso than us old buggers have and these are the kids with both the design skills and the technical skills from the outset.
Allthough, i certainly question the standards of design coming out of these courses and the passion for design in their hearts.rant over.