Re: Professional inquiry for you freelancers

On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 23:33 -0500, Steve Finkelstein wrote: > Basically what I'm asking is, am I going to be end up being a jack of > all trades, master of none, if I continue pursuing design AND > development? Is there plenty of work out there for folks who just > stick to development? > It all depends on your situation, your environment, your interests and your goals. I have, so far been able to make a decent living from purely back end work, except in my student days when I did it all for extra cash. I have, however, started messing around with CSS, GIMP, Inkscape and such for my own personal projects, and it all seems pretty easy to do. The problem of course, being that I am a code artist, not a graphic artist, and my HID skills need some tweaking. What I would suggest you do, is to read up on Human Interface Design and usability rather than graphic design. Find out all about accessibility etc, and then start. As I say, the tools are easy to master, but the magic isn't. If you are not interested in that, stick to PHP code. It is far less finicky and will treat you way better IMHO. --Paul