Hello, I am new here and actually just stumbled across Refresh Austin on Twitter, from what I gather it sounds like an amazing tool to bring Austin professionals together.
Recently like many of you I was laid off. I have been freelancing while I actively look for new opportunities but it seems now more than ever businesses are trying to consolidate heads and being a graphic designer is hardly about designing and is more about being a one stop marketing shop. It seems like so many jobs require you to be a great print designer, proficient backend web programer, know server technologies, be able to copywrite, be an illustrator, and be a good photographer. I have a "can do attitude," and consider myself to have a pretty broad skill set but am starting to find this is pretty unreasonable to think anyone can excel in all of these individual areas. Especially the mental/education disconnect between creative design and backend programming. How do you think this gap will be bridged in the coming years? Will designers be forced to be equally backend programmers to stay employed or will programmers be forced to learn design? Will they go back to being two very diverse fields of expertise? Or will new technologies solve the problem and make it easier for both designers and programmers? Would love to hear your opinions. Baxter Orr www.baxterorr.com www.twitter.com/baxterorr -- 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
