Web designer vs web developer

WEB DESIGNER VS
DEVELOPER

ROLE/DEFINITION
WEB DESIGNER
WEB DEVELOPER


Web Designer is a person who uses graphics programs such as Photoshop. Gimp, Fireworks and the like to create website skins (layouts) and then use another program (such as Dreamweaver or VisuaI Web Developer) to make their design come to life for the web. They almost solely rely on the design views the program they use provides.

Web Developer is a person who develops websites from the ground . They know the languages they are using (including, but not limited to HTML, Javascript) as well as the style sheets. They may use fancy syntax highlighters, but they don’t require them to successfully create a site.

BRAIN HEMISPHERE AT WORK

RIGHT

INTUITION
CREATIVITY
IMAGINATION


LEFT

LOGIC
LINEAR THINKING
TECHNICAL


JOB STATISTICS

200,870 1,336,300
NUMBER OF JOBS AVAILABLE

13% 2010-2020
53% 2008-2018

JOB GROWTH RATE


$47,820 $85,430

MEDIAN SALARY


EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT


UNDERGRADUATE/ GRADUATE
GRAPHIC DESIGN
FINE ARTS
SIMILAR FIELD
PORTFOLIO

An undergraduate or graduate degree in graphic design, fine arts, multimedia products, or a similar field of study m the creative arts is required education for most graphic design positions. Comprehensive portfolio of your best design projects.


PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE
BEST WEBPAGES
APPLICATIONS
PORTFOLIO

Hands on programming experience is the keg requirement for securing work as a web developer. Hiring managers for web development positions will typically ask to see a portfolio with samples of the best web pages and
applications you've created.

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

TRENDY
SUBBLE-BEARD

ESOTERIC T-SHIRTS
(font snob edition)

CARRIES MACBOOK PRO

SKINNY JEANS




UNAVIODABLE
SUBBLE-BEARD

ESOTERIC T-SHIRTS
(code snob edition)

CARRIES OWN KEYBOARD TO WORK

CARGO PANTS


FEARS

DATABASES
PCs
PERL
CLIENT REVISIONS
FIXED-PRICE BILLING
WOMEN

SERVER CRASHES
EPS FILES
CARPAL TUNNEL
BOSSES WHO DON’T CODE
WOMEN




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