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Originally Posted by Runningwater
I'm a big time computer geek. Always have been. Always will be. I majored in Computer Information Systems - basically a degree that covers a large spectrum of technologies in business. Classes I did the best in were web development (basics - using HTML, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash), Adv. Web Development (building on the first class and adding in ASP.net to make dynamic websites), and VisualBasic.net, by the time I was able to take Adv. VB.net it was unavailable.
My designs were decent, thing with me is that I make sure that all the coding is perfect (or at least to me it is). I actually had many people ask me to look at their coding and stuff like that to make sure it worked or if it was the correct way.
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As others have mentioned, there is a lot of design in the web world. It's obvious, but isn't apparent to people who are computer geeks because they focus on underlying design. I'm not sure if you're interested in both sides, but some of your descriptions remind me of my web design days.
If you're into the design of visually appealing things like product labels or brochures, signs, marketing materials, i.e. have been interested in art school, then you'll like it. Sorry if you know all this and it seems like I'm ranting.. None of those things were apparent to me until after I had learned xHTML and Fireworks. I got a great web design book that had virtually no mention of code. There was a whole area of the user's impression and interpretation of the web involving things I hadn't considered.
It was really interesting and I kept looking at it after finishing the book, but the internal design was what interested me so I moved on to other things.