Comments on: A Hybrid’s Fear

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 17:18:48 +0000

I don’t think I’m a genius; I think I’m just a normal guy in over my head. It’s fun, though.

Following your logic, though, it’s tough as an employer to place a price on good design if you can’t nail down right and wrong vs. code that works and code that doesn’t.

This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface pertaining to Information Architects, Usability Experts, etc.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 17:00:17 +0000

I think it’s time designers, who are as important as developers in determining a project’s success, were paid the same as developers for their talents. While elegant, scalable, reusable code is important, so is the client’s acceptance of a good GUI. These are equally important.

My job involves all aspects of web development, from server-side programming to GUI development. One difference I’ve noticed in the area of design is less contention about what’s right and what’s wrong than is true for programming.

Why is this? After all, visual designs can be every bit as “wrong” as code solutions. I thought about it, and decided it was a difference between programmers and artists. I’ve come to the conclusion that all programmers think they are geniuses and that is why they view each others’ work with such disdain.

By: JesterXL

JesterXL — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 07:20:16 +0000

Thanks everyone, it’s nice to get others’ perspective. Every seems to be in alignment on “relax”, “your fine”, and “no worries mate”.

Even reading through some 2 year old job proposal emails I had laying around in a resume folder, as sobering as re-reading those is, it’s nice to know I have a good foothold on this industry, and others agree.

…I still think I need to learn a crud-load more, though.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:53:25 +0000

so you rollerbladed eh. i haven’t been out in a while, but back in the day i loved my alley-oop fishbrains

By: Last ActionScript Hero

Last ActionScript Hero — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:00:53 +0000

Let me tell you my case…I hold a Masters in Software Engineering a gold medalist and a very good programmer, but I didnt like programming I loved Design I started my carrer not as a programmer but as a Designer. Time went on but ActionScripting was in more demand than design and the pay was atleast double than Graphic Designer, now Iam doing ActionScipt back to square one, but let me tell you now I repend for it, Design was more satisfying as a carrer and I never went home tired even after long hours, I had a great deal of self satisfaction when I was a Designer, but nomore I have that satisfaction.

Its doesnt really matter what you are doing (programming or design) what matters at the end of day is are YOU satisfied with what you are doing. And beleive me there is no profession which is superior or inferior than other, a programmer in no means is a big guy than a designer.

On a side note I felt so happy to see so many people comment on this and encourage you and boost your confidence, we have a strong cohesion in the Flash community and I beleive thats one of the key factors for the success of Flash.

Cheer up my friend there is nothing really to get bothered so much about.