2 Cents: The best designers and developers I know and have worked with are all self-taught. The industry moves too quickly for a proper curriculum to be developed, in my opinion. The best education you can receive in a formal setting is attending conferences such as SXSWi, the AJAX Experience, etc. Other than that, just nerd out for a few weeks/months and find out what you REALLY enjoy doing. I REALLY enjoy JavaScript/Interaction Design, but still know XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Flash, Info Architecture, etc....these all come with time.
Cheers. Joe McCann http://www.subprint.com @joemccann On Mar 12, 2:44 pm, Mary Luketich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Perhaps this is not aimed at me, but let me answer anyway. > > I know of the Art Institute, my daughter considered going there. They are > wicked expensive and very new. It sounds very risky financially to me. > > How did I become a web designer? I'm self taught. I taught myself html from > a book about 8 years ago and incorporated last year. I build CMS communities > for HOAs. > > My advice is to forget more school and resolve to learn what you want to > know by researching your interests yourself. Follow craigslist or other > listings looking for designers or marketers and start trying to win bids. If > you run into a snag, hire help to complete your jobs, but learn to do it > yourself next time or outsource until you are comfortable on your own, like > training wheels. > > The best way to start making money quickly is to use twitter to find your > own interests on the cutting edge of technology, choose your niche and start > building apps, either for pay (advertise) or as a free project you intend to > sell when it gets large enough to attract buyers. > > Fact is, the playing field is perfectly level the closer you get to the > cutting edge, and as fast as technology is moving, no school will keep up, > so this is the only way to get into the fast lane. > > Thanks for letting me voice MHO. > > Mary Luketichhttp://littledoveslaunchpad.blogspot.com > @littledove22 (twitter) > > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I'm new to the web design world and I figure this a good way to get > > started. My name is mike and I"m new to web design world. > > > I'm starting school to get a 2nd bachelor's in web design from the art > > institute (1st bba is in marketing) and I was wondering since ya'll > > are in the industry, am I going in the right direction? > > > I see that everyone has a different background, and i'm curious what > > did everyone study or how did they get to where they are today. > > > I hate to pay for something and then go nowhere afterwards. > > > Mike > > -- > Mary Luketich > HOAwiki.com > (800) 993-9721 x103 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
