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Getting A Design job?

by peteJ
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Hey everyone, over the past couple months I have really learned that I love programming, websites especially. I Would really like to start my self on the road to being some type of programmer in the future. I realize being a programmer is pretty broad, and even saying I want to work with the internet and web design is still a pretty broad category, and I plan to get more specific once I find a niche I really excel at.

I'm a freshman in college right now and I hope by time I get out I will have learned the skills I'll need to get started in the job search.

Right now I have a pretty good understanding of HTML and CSS. I'm in the process of learning PHP and javascript. Now, a lot of the jobs I have seen want people with things like sql, ajax, perl, Jquery ect. A lot of these are really foreign to me and I don't really understand what they are or what they do.

My big question is am I right to for PHP and Javascript first, and by learning these I'll get a better grasp of the others I mentioned. Or should I focus more on those? Basically, what should I learn next that is both practical in a sense of progression but also marketable?

On a site note I am currently majoring in industrial engineering. Does this screw me out of any design jobs I could have gotten had I been Computer science or the like?
#design #job
  • Profile picture of the author RenderTheWeb
    First of knowledge doesn't screw you out of nothing. You are at the right pace i believe. You should stick to what you are learning now. There are plenty jobs that are available online for PSD conversions, it does pay. You shouldn't job into another language unless it's for personal projects, anyways this is how you will learn. You have an idea and then you take action, sometimes it'll require you to learn something new and this is how you move forward into learning different things.

    You don't need to use outsourcing sites such as odesk or elance to find jobs. There are plenty of decent web master forums that have plenty of job offerings.
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  • Profile picture of the author BZA
    If you know HTML and CSS and are in the process of learning PHP and Javascript, I would say that you are on a good course.

    Depending on exactly how you are learning, PHP will generally encompass many aspects of SQL when dealing with databases.

    JQuery is a Javascript library and AJAX is simply a way of using HTML, CSS, XML, and Javascript to communicate with the server in the background while the user is doing their thing. Think web apps.

    In my experience, when it comes to design work, what really matters is your portfolio. If you can show the company or client what you have done, it goes a lot further than what you studied. Just because you know how to do something doesn't mean you can do it well.
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