It was a long time ago, but I did four years of design education before computers were used in design, and I learnt things that seemed very general at the time, but I realise now were a perfect grounding for a design career. It seems that courses now are so eager to get people into using Maya or learning Javascript or whatever that they don't actually teach the basics.
Man, I really sound like an old fogey don't I?
Peter
On 13/05/2004, at 4:38 PM, Gabriel Vasquez wrote:
Hi Everyone, I apologize if this is off topic but this is one of the few<x-tad-bigger>
places that I would be able to talk to web designers and get their opinions
on this.
I've been attending school to get an Associates degree in Digital Media. The
program is 18 months and ranges from html to 3d graphics. I'm already more
than halfway through my courses, but I find that I hit a road block; I'm not
really learning anything. We are just now getting into *basic* css, and
javascript in dreamweaver (which I already know how to do, even though I
prefer to hand-code). The program is now focusing on 3D animation but that's
really not what I'm into at all. I just want to do web design: xhtml, css,
ECMAScript/DOM, etc. -- no more, no less. I don't feel I should spend the
money for something I'm not getting anything out of.
My question to you is this: Do you think it would be wise for me to finish
the program and get the degree even though I'm not learning what I want to
be learning, or should I just call it off and focus on web design?
TIA in advanced for your feedback!
Gabriel
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