Baby Boomer Treehouse Members

Hi Gary,

I'm definitely not a Baby Boomer, in fact I'm a Millennial/Gen Y... But I, too, am here to relearn and retool myself. I've been stagnant in academia for the last 10 years I've had a hard time convincing others that I'm skilled with a resume full of legacy technologies. Treehouse has definitely been a fun platform for me to brush up my skills and catch up with the current web tech.

-John

Hi Gary I'm an oldster, working as a web designer and I've been learning programming off and on for a decade. It's not absolutely necessary for my job but I've been interested since the days of Flash 4 when I would get discombobulated by variables and functions. I like the Treehouse approach a lot - it feels like play and I'm learning a lot and occasionally putting it to use. I also feel like my job could go away at any moment so it would be great to be able to be able to do more than design.

Sheila: Thank you for your response. I'd like to talk to you more as you are doing what I want to be doing. I'm surprised that you feel your job may go away as web design and development seem to be in demand these days. I do find that strictly designing can be of a detriment as most positions I'm seeing posted required development skills as well. Treehouse is so great at putting the two together and I'm learning so much. Thankfully, I've done some web site creation and Flash application development in the past so all of this is not totally new to me. As I wrote to John in an above response. I was a graphic production artist for over 10 years and am currently brushing up on my skills. I really feel that this can a be a very lucrative career path, not to mention I sincerely love all aspects of the field. Feel free to contact me by email. I'd love to continue to communicate with you: gfinchitown@me.com

Hi Gary:

I'm a GenX-er that didn't even have a graphic design background beforehand. There is a lot of demand for people who are strictly visual designers, specifically if you can create icons, user interfaces, iOS screens, or vector graphics.

If you can learn some basic HTML-CSS-and jQuery, even if it's a little. you are on your way.

If you can open a Behance account (or get a Dribbble invite), you can use that to show off your work. If you do not have one already, get a domain name and a website, where you can show your work, talk about your design decisions, and discuss your thoughts on design. This is important, because it will show you are relevant, you are actively thinking about how graphic design and the web interrelate, and it will give people a way to see your work and see hoe you think about design.

Hi John, Thanks so much for your reply. I sincerely appreciate all your suggestions. I do have a Behance account & Creative Cloud membership and plan to use them to their fullest. I am also planning to download GitHub for Mac. I've connected with a meet up group here in SoCal and want on collaborate on projects with the members using GitHub. I have to be honest, I'm trying to absorb so much information at the moment that I'm feeling quite overwhelmed. I think I need to just slow down a bit and take it a step at a time. I'm concentrating on HTML/CSS/Javascript at the moment. I also checked out your Dribbble page and website. I like your design aesthetic. Clean, straight forward, responsive designs. Fantastic!