If you fancy a career in web design, you will need to study Adobe Dreamweaver. We also advise that you gain an in-depth and thorough understanding of ...
If you fancy a career in web design,
you will need to study Adobe Dreamweaver. We also advise that you gain an in-depth and thorough understanding of the complete Adobe Web Creative Suite, including Flash and Action Script, to have the facility to take advantage of Dreamweaver as a commercial web-designer. These skills can mean later becoming an Adobe Certified Expert or Adobe Certified Professional (ACE or ACP).
To become a web designer of professional repute however, there are other things to consider. You will need to learn certain programming skills like HTML, PHP and MySQL. A good understanding of Search Engine Optimisation and E Commerce will also give you a distinct advantage in the marketplace.
The market provides a plethora of jobs and positions available in Information Technology. Picking the right one out of this complexity can be very difficult. What is our likelihood of grasping the day-to-day realities of any IT job when we haven't done that before? Most likely we haven't met someone who works in that sector anyway. To get through to the essence of this, there should be a discussion of many definitive areas:
* Your hobbies and interests - these can define what areas you'll get the most enjoyment out of.
* Are you hoping to re-train for a particular motive - for instance, is it your goal to work based from home (working for yourself?)?
* Is the money you make further up on your priority-list than some other areas.
* Many students don't properly consider the work demanded to get fully certified.
* You need to take in what is different for the myriad of training options.
For the average person, getting to the bottom of so much data requires a good chat with a professional who can explain things properly. And not just the accreditations - but also the commercial requirements and expectations of the market as well.
Chat with a professional advisor and they can normally tell you many terrible tales of how students have been duped by salespeople. Ensure you only ever work with an experienced advisor that asks some in-depth questions to discover the most appropriate thing for you - not for their pay-packet! It's very important to locate a starting-point that will suit you. With some work-based experience or qualifications, it may be that your starting point of study is not the same as someone new to the industry. Where this will be your opening crack at IT study then you may want to practice with some basic user skills first.
OK, why is it better to gain commercial certification rather than familiar academic qualifications obtained from the state educational establishments? With an ever-increasing technical demand on resources, industry has of necessity moved to the specialised training that can only be obtained from the actual vendors - in other words companies such as Microsoft, CISCO, Adobe and CompTIA. Often this saves time and money for the student. Of course, an appropriate portion of background knowledge has to be taught, but precise specialised knowledge in the areas needed gives a commercially educated person a massive advantage.
Assuming a company is aware what areas they need covered, then they just need to look for the exact skill-set required to meet that need. The syllabuses are all based on the same criteria and don't change between schools (as academic syllabuses often do).
You should only consider training paths that grow into commercially approved accreditations. There are loads of small colleges offering their own 'in-house' certificates which are worthless in the real world. To an employer, only the top companies like Microsoft, CompTIA, Cisco or Adobe (as an example) give enough bang for your buck. Nothing else will cut the mustard.
