Taking Charge!!

SO my assignment today is to take a look around and decide if I enjoy doing this whole Web Design thing.. Well.. I will be honest with you there are some ups and downs for sure. BUT I will say that I do get that tingley feeling when I think about creating CSS and finding out new ways of improving and tweaking a site so I guess you could say I am hooked. Last night as a matter of fact I think I had multiple dreams about designing a website and although I can’t remember particulars; I DO remember the feeling I had and it was good..

Those are some of the good feelings; now the bad.

I don’t know just a whole lot about the new systems such as Windows Vista and I have felt like a blind person feeling around in the dark AND it takes me about 4 times longer to do my assignments because I am having to pick up on basics like Photoshop and the Windows operating systems. That has not been fun and at times quite teeth clenching but it is getting easier. I enjoy the Lynda.com tutorials and of course youtube is one of my best friends right now because they actually have some good tutorials on them about basics that I should already know like “FTP” and HTML.

I really like that the occupation is always growing and changing because I am one of those that likes to stay at the top of my game. The web design community seems to be a tight knit group as well and I like that because it will be easier to network for a job and be able to share ideas with people. Speaking of which.. I have met some really cool people who are passionate about the class like myself and it has been a relief knowing that other people are not “experts” like I thought and that the ego factor is lower than I expected which is AWESOME! People seem to really be in a sharing cooperative mode and not in a cut-throat competitive mess. I am BIG into working with other people who are supportive and I am really getting that here.

I have been researching a lot of the new technologies such as web design software, and I can see myself staying up WAY into the night “geeking” out on them. I love getting to that comfort level of really knowing a program and what it is capable of and these new programs really have it all. I am looking forward to seeing the new direction web design will go in and I think I have decided that the marketing and P.R. side of web design is where I would like to focus my efforts. I like to find new ways of getting peoples’ attention without compromising quality and making the site user-friendly  not just to the average person visiting it; but the client as well. I have an outgoing personality and LOVE to be with people AND create code so I think I could really succeed at that and be a valuable asset to a web design firm.

Until then; I will plug away at the keys and continue to learn and grow because this truly is something I have a passion for.