Webdesign Job Qualifications list
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A good web designer needs to know HTML/CSS principles. You need to know what is possible and what isn't possible so you can limit your design when necessary, or so you understand what sort of cool shit you (or the dev) can pull off. It'll help you guide you in the design and planning stages.
You should be thinking about how the HTML/CSS will work in your design from the very beginning of the project.
If you think it's hard, it's only hard because you don't know it yet. You've learned Photoshop, InDesign, Fireworks, etc? You can learn HTML/CSS. You can learn it by reading two books and building a couple shitty websites. Do one or two for a friend or find a charity or cause in your neighbourhood that needs a simple calling-card site.
It's a relatively tiny amount of work for the benefits you'll gain from having that knowledge. Your web designs will improve a lot.