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How long does it take to get good at Web Design?

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This question comes from Barry Le Bombe in the Treehouse Facebook group, "How long does it take to get "good" at web design?"

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    [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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