I saw a job ad in the paper today, and at first I got quite excited.
Must know Flash animation techniques.
Yes. I know that!
Must be proficient in programmes such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
Yes. I am that!
Must be able to interpret complex information and convert it into a visual format that would be accessable to all users in a dynamic educational delivery environment.
Well... I wouldn't have worded it that way, but yeah, I can do that. I have done that. I have created interactive presentations which explain to people how wireless broadband works, even though I have no technical idea myself how wireless broadband works.
Must have experience of Java script, HTML, XML, PHP.
And a PhD in nuclear physics.
Okay, I made that last bit up, but I mean to say, how can they ask so much for a job that pays £18000 a year?
You are either a designer or a programmer. I don't even know what XML stands for. (xylophone markup language?).
It appears to me that you would effectively need at least two university degrees to be eligable to apply for that job. One in an art based discipline, and another in a science based one.
It is like advertising for a qualified chef in a new restaurant who must also be able to install and maintain a plumbing system within a dynamic restaurant food delivery environment.
They are two completely different jobs.
Now, I don't have a huge amount of experience in the computer industry, but when I did, the designers did the designing, and the programmers did the programming.
I never met any one who could do both things well. And I met some pretty talented people.
Either young people have evolved into multi-tasking Leonardo da Vincis, or I am just as stupid as my P6 teacher always told me I was.
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Wow that made me smile, okay LOL too. Same over here mate.
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