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On the other hand: The only way to become a skilled designer or coder is by developping designs and code
 
@OP: If you want to develop a booking plug-in your main concern should be security as your plug-in would probably need to interact with the database. Read all you can find on how to prevent database-injections (methods like htmlspecialchars() can prevent JS injections and prepared statements and stored procedures can give you better control over user inputs).

Not a good idea, don't waste your time. There are many themes and booking plugins available at a very low cost. If you are not a skilled designer and coder then you will just waste your time.

Hey everyone! Slight delay in December's WOTM competition, but we can still make it on time.
Please PM your entries to me by 25th December. The winner will be announced next year () 2nd January.
 
We have 2 wonderful entries so far, make sure you submit yours.
Thanks and good luck to the contestants!

Actually, compared to creating a website in Photoshop and slicing it up like in the good ol' days... it really isn't difficult at all after you've had practise.. It's actually rather easy.

well. i do remember when i worked in web agency many years ago its was like average 3-4 website permonth. due to heavy work load i resigned and to work in-house design which work load much much lesser. during the time in this company i was able to have more free time and built my client base through my freelance at my freetime, now resigning to become self employed soon.
 
well to answer your question. i was in the small team too that time. it was like 2 webdesigner, 2 programmer and with 3 account manager who dealing with clients. that all it takes. though nothing surprising with some mind-blowing website development what you so called. i'm able to skillup and improve. its a practise make perfect stuff due to heavy work load if you see from positive side. and yes each day i'll be touching 2-3 sites to put everything in schedule. the jobsheets including gantt chart was in my hand so i know how to manage my time and what comes first.
 
not really when you get hired, you just work on one thing liked just designing a logo, or just a menu navigation and refining a stylesheet. you need a breakthrough. to touch as much as possible in area of a web development if its not now its for your future. since this your first web design/development job, never never complaint about heavy load stuff. take it as practise and years come you will see yourself somewhere above many.
 
well thats my story, and it might be different to others. i would like to hear other sharing thier working life exprerience too.

Howdy peeps,
 
This topic targets professional designers/developers currently in work with a company, as opposed to freelancers who can shape their own schedules.
 
I'm starting my first web design/development job in the coming weeks and I want to know what the average work load is like. I know that all companies have different numbers of clients and therefore no company's throughput is the same. The company I'm going to work for is quite small, probably around 3/4 people in the team and they're quite specialised with the kind of sites they make. Additionally, they make simple websites, nothing spectacular or mind-blowing, which obviously affects the workload.
 
So, my question: if you work for a company as a designer/developer (preferably in a small-ish team), how many sites do you produce in x amount of time? Do you work on different parts of a site each day? Can you provide specific examples (e.g. one day you just designed a logo, or a navigation menu, or refining a stylesheet etc).
 
I'd just like to be prepared, you know? Thanks.

Congrats, throzen.