Journal Anitra's Journal: It's been 5 weeks at my job. 1
Things are going pretty well at my job. This past week sucked, because I was trying to fit my normal 40 hours into 4 days (one of the perils of being a wage slave). However, I'm getting into some work that the "normal" webdevs do, finally. I don't exactly have my own clients, but I share them with the woman who trained me (who is part-time). I've done some "design" work (choosing colors, laying out front pages for IR sections), and my boss is absolutely thrilled. It's a nice feeling.
On top of it all, I am acclaimed as the Mac chic - especially when it comes to OS X. I don't think most of the people in that office have a clue about Macs. Though it's not hard - as far as web stuff is concerned, they really are pretty close to Windows nowadays.
~Two more months of full-time left, then two months of part-time. I need to start looking for a job again. With the excitement my boss has shown, it's plausible that they would offer me a real job; but I'm not going to bet on it. Just need to get my resume in shape *again*.
Hey Anitra :) (Score:2)
From someone who has been in the field for 5+ years, here are a few tips:
1) Design websites in Photoshop or Illustrator first. Don't let HTML constrain you... figure out the flow of the site first and then design the HTML later.
2) Get a great collection of fonts. It took me several years, but I no