hey everybody,
i wanted to get some feedback about this. i have a couple of months to train and take classes before i hopefully get hired on by my brother-in-law as a graphic/web designer for his new company. ive been doing web design for a few years now but it has mostly been self taught and practiced. i can edit html and css to fit my needs, been trying to handcode lately more than use dreamweaver, and ive been taking some illustrator classes as well. i mainly use fireworks for any images i need and i can produce icons and logos and decent layouts with a fair amount of trial and error. i also use swishmax with a decent degree of proficiency. but going through this forum and other designer websites, everything i do feels outdated and hacked somehow !! theres a lot of talent and very professional and intimidating terms and technologies out there.. and i would like to start getting up to date with all of it, the right way. a few for example that im hearing for the first time are cms and joomla and ajax and wordpress. i was wondering if you guys had any recommendations on what to start learning or focusing on, and what are the current web technologies that most of the professional web designers need to be familiar with and know how to apply ?? i greatly appreciate any input.. thanks
