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How long does it take to get good at Web Design?
2:24 with TreehouseThis question comes from Barry Le Bombe in the Treehouse Facebook group, "How long does it take to get "good" at web design?"
[treehouse, Teacher Q&A]
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[How long does it take to get good at web design?]
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[answer by Nick Pettit]
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How long does it take to be good at design?
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It really depends on how much you want to put into it
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and what you want to call good.
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I think to be employable,
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you should probably at least educate yourself
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for a couple years,
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but if you're coming from another field, like printmaking,
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the transition might be a little bit easier.
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[answer by Allison Grayce]
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It's such an abstract, kind of subjective question.
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I think assuming you're good at something
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is a dangerous place to put yourself in.
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There's always going to be a designer who is better than you,
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an artist who is better,
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so I think kind of just always pushing yourself
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to get better--
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I don't really think that there's a point in your career where you're good at something.
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[answer by Amit Bijlani]
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There have been a lot of projects.
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It's hard to kind of pinpoint one.
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I think every task that you come across
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has its sets of challenges
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that you have to overcome,
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and if you are not actually working on projects that are challenging enough,
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then I definitely recommend you take on projects that are challenging
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and push your limits and want to take you to that next level
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in your career, where you're not just doing things
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for getting by or just for the satisfaction of it;
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you're doing it so that you are pushing your limits
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and testing your boundaries
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and learning that stuff that you didn't know before.
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[answer by Jim Hoskins]
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514 days--that's it.
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You're done. You're set.
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No, I don't really know.
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I feel like I hope I never
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get to the point where I'm like, I am good at web design and done.
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For me, it's about learning and always improving my skills,
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and I'm definitely not at the point where I think I'm really good at anything.
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I'm good at some things, obviously, but I always strive to be better,
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so I don't really know when that date is that you're done.
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I suppose, when you're done, you're ready to retire, I guess,
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because if there's nothing else to learn, then why bother?
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