| day’s world, Internet is clearly the easiest, | | | | 2.Do computer geeks fascinate you? You might not |
| fastest and the most effective medium for | | | | have too much interest in art and design but you might |
| communication. And, as the technology grows, it is | | | | still be interested in solving problems through computer |
| deemed to get only better. | | | | programming. In such a case, web designing (in the |
| So, as the internet expands, the demand for good | | | | strict sense) might not be a great option and web |
| web designs and web designers is also rising by the | | | | programmer or web developer kind of roles might be |
| day. Almost everyone wants a presence on the | | | | better suited. These (web programmers/ developers) |
| internet. And if you add the social media (also known | | | | are the guys that do programming in HTML, CSS, XML |
| as new media) angle to it, the opportunities start piling | | | | and other computer languages in order to make the |
| up even further - there are blogs, forums and other | | | | website or web application function as per the |
| social media venues that are being created and used | | | | requirements. Note that it is common to find people |
| every minute. | | | | referring to web programmers/ developers as web |
| That addresses one aspect of our question | | | | designers. |
| (“How good is web designing as a | | | | 3.Do you love the internet? Since web designing is all |
| career?”) – the career opportunities are | | | | about designing web pages and web applications for |
| plentiful for web designers and the graph is looking up | | | | the internet (and intranet/extranet), you ought to love |
| for the future too. The other aspect is whether you will | | | | the internet if you are looking for a career in web |
| love web designing as a career i.e. is it the right career | | | | designing. And if you haven’t experienced the |
| for you? This is important because you can excel in | | | | power of internet in the complete sense, you should go |
| your job only if you love it. So, here are a few | | | | and do it now. If you don’t still find it fantastic, |
| questions that you should be answering in order to | | | | then web designing is not a suitable profession for you. |
| judge the suitability of web designing as a career | | | | 4.Do you love to work in teams? Well, the ability to |
| choice for you. | | | | work in teams is a must in every profession today; |
| 1.Do you have an interest in creating or discussing | | | | however, in the context of web designing it is even |
| visual representations or drawings? If you do have an | | | | more important because web designers don’t |
| interest in art and graphics, you will surely love web | | | | work in isolation – there is a team of |
| designing as a career because that is what you are | | | | programmers, graphic designers, content writers and |
| required to do as web designer – creating | | | | others that work together to produce a great web |
| visually appealing layouts and graphics. However, if you | | | | application. |
| don’t already have an interest you might still find | | | | Web designing is surely a very interesting field of work |
| it quite appealing as a career option once you see | | | | for most people. Whether it will be good for you or |
| yourself creating really nice web pages (and that too | | | | not? - Just dig a bit and you will have your answer. |
| quite easily, using the intuitive web design tools). | | | | |