RE: [PLUG] Web developer job opening

["Mattison, Jacob" <jmattison@uarts.edu>]

>From: Kyle R. Burton [mailto:mortis@voicenet.com]
>
>I've seen an amazing amount of variation in skill/knowledge level and
>motivation in 'web developers'.  The dot-com boom lead many to beleive
>they could when they could not...of course I can't be too critical, I
>didn't know what I was doing when I started in this career (it's debatable
>whether I do at this point as well :).

There's also a huge variation in job description of people with the title
"Web Developer".  That's been my title in several jobs, ranging from HTML
design to low-level ASP scripting to full-scale software development with
Java servlets.  (And with a salary variation of 100%.)

I was also one of those who knew some HTML and figured I could be a web
developer too.  I hate to see folks condemn people like me as a class --
when I got interested in doing more complicated stuff, I realized I needed
better skills, and I dug in and learned Java, C++, SQL, object-oriented
design, and so forth.  It's only bad to start off with an inflated idea of
your ability if you won't let go of that idea.

Jacob
_________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group        --       http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug