Comments on: Being professional http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/being-professional/ ColdFusion and best practices web building Fri, 28 May 2010 00:51:03 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nathanael http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/being-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Nathanael Sat, 19 Nov 2005 03:35:28 +0000 http://kay.zombiecoder.com/index.php/archives/being-professional#comment-31 I have to agree with Kay on this one, sorry Rick. Perhaps you work in the Silicon Valley or something? But on this side of the planet, it's simply apalling to see the skillsets of many people who call themselves web designers, developers etc ... either there is no incentive for them to learn, or perhaps they can't be bothered, or they feel that they know everything they need to know. I don't know. I have to agree with Kay on this one, sorry Rick. Perhaps you work in the Silicon Valley or something? But on this side of the planet, it’s simply apalling to see the skillsets of many people who call themselves web designers, developers etc … either there is no incentive for them to learn, or perhaps they can’t be bothered, or they feel that they know everything they need to know. I don’t know.

]]> By: kay http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/being-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-30 kay Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:13:03 +0000 http://kay.zombiecoder.com/index.php/archives/being-professional#comment-30 Hi Rick, maybe things are different where you are, but if I do a Google search for the web design companies in my area - hell, in my country - and look at a) the code on their own sites; and b) the client sites in their portfolio; most of them are not built using best practises. <a href="http://westciv.com/style_master/house/good_oil/best_practices/" rel="nofollow">John Allsopp did an amazing investigation of major Australian sites for his WE05 presentation</a> - and the results are scary. Hi Rick, maybe things are different where you are, but if I do a Google search for the web design companies in my area – hell, in my country – and look at a) the code on their own sites; and b) the client sites in their portfolio; most of them are not built using best practises. John Allsopp did an amazing investigation of major Australian sites for his WE05 presentation – and the results are scary.

]]> By: Rick http://kay.smoljak.com/index.php/being-professional/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Rick Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:03:24 +0000 http://kay.zombiecoder.com/index.php/archives/being-professional#comment-29 "So, the question is, why isn’t ongoing education part of web development culture?" I think it is. At least in the circle of professionals I work with. We attend conferences, workshops and monthly user groups, we buy books and magazines, we scour blogs and Google, all the quest for the latest information on how to be better at what we do. Personally I feel like most web professionals are more active at upgrading their skills than many other professions. I can't think of a single person I know in this industry that isn't striving to gain new knowledge on a very regular basis. “So, the question is, why isn’t ongoing education part of web development culture?”

I think it is. At least in the circle of professionals I work with. We attend conferences, workshops and monthly user groups, we buy books and magazines, we scour blogs and Google, all the quest for the latest information on how to be better at what we do.

Personally I feel like most web professionals are more active at upgrading their skills than many other professions. I can’t think of a single person I know in this industry that isn’t striving to gain new knowledge on a very regular basis.

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