It's week six of my eight week web course and I have learned a ton. I can now create a website from scratch (it ain't pretty, but still), and post it to our test server. Our first day started off differently than I expected, but the professor has impressed me time and again with his wealth of knowledge and patience for newbie coders.
After each class we are assigned homework. It feels like I spend one hour making the site and then two finding the little error I made that is messing everything up. My professor is gracious enough to make us feel like idiots by troubleshooting our remaining issues in minutes when we arrive the following class, which I love to hate. I think the thing I find most frustrating about learning something new is that I can't be immediately good at it. I am just starting to understand the basics of web design, but at the same time I am designing projects at work that I want it to look professional which seems to be beyond my current capabilities. So far I have been able to get my projects to look how I want, but I'm looking forward to the day when I don't have to pester people to help me and when I can accomplish more sophisticated things within the designs.
I have mentioned to a couple people that I'm not really loving web design compared to graphic design, but I have realized that when I finish a project it feels great. Having to struggle through the project makes me appreciate the end product more and makes me want to show it off to everyone. Overall I plan to stick to print design, but having web as part of my job has made me work harder, learn more and has given me a great sense of accomplishment.
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