On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, tedd wrote: > I know what you mean. For me, clients basically fall into two groups: > a) Those who tell me what they want; b) And those who tell me how to > do what they want. I work well with (a), but have problems with (b).
Should there also be (c) people who dont really know what they want ? > Many think, as I've been told "It's easy -- my > son learned HTML in high school" Probably why a lot of people dont take programming seriously as a profession... > while they are totally clueless. The > most problematic students/clients are the ones who have some > experience with HTML and think that's all there is. As I like to say "They dont know how much they dont know" :-) > Furthermore, the number of actual web developers out there who do > know how to program in all the web languages (i.e., namely html, css, > javascript, php, mysql, et al) to create a truly functional web site, > are very few. I find that hard to believe. Web developers *should* know all of those as a *minimum*. > And lastly, none of this is static. I spend time every day learning > something new -- the web is constantly changing and keeping up with > it is a daily challenge. I was quoted a long time ago as saying: > > "I've learned something new every day of my life -- and I'm getting > damned tried of it." That's true of anyone involved in technology (well, at least those of us that manage our skill set and careers). -- Aj. _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
