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Recently when talking with Alun and some friends online the same comment has come back time and time again. “Jamie, You need to specialise” here is why.
Encase you don’t know (but i am sure you do!) a website is made up of several layers. Structure, styles and behaviour are just a few. Many web developers have a strong understanding of the technologies for each layer so they can bring a web site from conception though to final completion.
This works well when you are a lone developer. but when you start looking into working for studios and in teams you find that it works far better if you have specialists and a pipeline.
This method enables site of higher quality to be produced, because each element is made by an expert. The pipeline then provides the structure to do this quickly.
However, this poses a problem for people like myself because we have to chose an area to become a specialist in. I have interests in both the design side, and the development / code side
But i have to pick one. I need a wheel-o-specilism…
Have you had to make this choice recently? What did you do? Let me know by leaving me a comment!
absolutely do what you like. then your specialty will surface without you deciding anything….
hiya,
Thanks for the responses. At the moment i am doing what i need to do but i see myself moving towards front end work.
I intend to always be able to bring a website from start to finnish, but i would like to have the decision made on what to focus my research on.
For now, i am going to continue how i am… maybe i will be offerd a job which will show me the way to go
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I would suggest you to do what you like. If you like both design and coding simply do both. It is easy to improve the coding side as well as design brings more creative process to the work. I am doing both. I couldn’t just code because I would get bored from stereotype after some time. If you are looking for specialization than I would suggest to specialize in concrete market segment to reach certain people.