Chapter 1
Seeing the Big Picture of Web Development Jobs
In This Chapter
Discovering why web development has so many jobs
Understanding why companies care about web development
Figuring out what are some of the main kinds of sites
Seeing which jobs go with which kinds of sites
Web development is the largest and fastest-growing area of employment today. Web development includes technically oriented people who write computer programs, graphic designers who never see a line of computer code, content and marketing experts who concentrate on the visual and verbal appeal of a page, and many more experts and dabblers.
The ways in which people work in web development are as many and varied as the kind of work that is covered by the web development umbrella. Many people work traditional “day jobs,” but you will also see just as many people in a garage startup working 80 hours a week, contractors, consultants, part-timers, and people who will give you crucial insights that save your project just because you were good enough to buy them lunch.
The reason for the many and varied job descriptions, ...
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