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Heh. Don't you hate it when the meaning of words and terms shift unexpectedly?

Posted by Scaryllium (aka grayman) Oct 28 '16, 21:34

Designer/Web Designer has become "Frontend Developer".

I'm ... somewhat baffled by this. And it seems to have happened in the last three years.

Responses:

"Don't you mean 'Backend'?" "No, you heard it right the first time." -- nm - Max, Backhand Enforcement Oct 28, 23:37
Web designer seems like merely graphic layout, since today the site is the main interface with the consumer it has as much weight as an architect -- nm - zeit spiced geist Oct 28, 22:14
Eh, I get that definition... -- nm - Ender Oct 28, 21:47 3
- Yeah, I guess. It just seems to me that using the word 'developer' implies programming & logic, rather than design/layout/UX ... -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 28, 21:51 2
  - I think the idea is that these days they expect you to know some of the logic as well. -- (edited) - Ender Oct 28, 22:22
  - But it's true that there's a bit of overlap both ways -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 28, 21:52
someone curated the job -- nm - crash davis Oct 28, 21:35 1
- Yeah. Exactly. -- nm - Scaryllium Oct 28, 21:37

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