I Heart My Job

I heart my job. Actually let me rephrase that. I heart my career. I love everything about being a web designer. I love the creativity it brings to my life. I love the ingenuity it produces in me. I love the challenges it adds to my everyday existence. As far as I am concerned, I was made to be a web designer.

I do not Heart My “Job”

I do not love my “job”.
Working in a corporate environment almost takes the fun out of what I do. It is stiefling, suffocating, and down right infuriating at times. No one cares about web standards. No one cares about accessibility. No one cares about half the stuff that I am passionate about. It all comes down to the bottom dollar, and it is a frustrating place to exist.

Solution?

I could quit, but there is this pesky thing called a mortgage that I have to pay every month. Also, I have animals that like to be fed, not to mention, I my self enjoy eating.

Then there is the whole health insurance thing. It is nice to have it, and I don’t like not having it. Been there and done that. Not having to pay for doctors appointments and other such nonsense is quite nice.

Also, if I quit I wouldn’t learn much now would I? The way I see it, I am paying my dues. I am learning what to avoid, and how to deal with the rest of the world that just doesn’t get it. In the end, I know my brief enlisting in the corporate world of web design will ultimately serve me well. In two or three years time, I will move onto bigger and better things, and leave all this shite behind me. Now, time to enjoy some good CSS literature.

Every time I start reading about accessibility, I feel like an asshole. I feel like I have built a hospital without a wheelchair ramp. I know that is a bit of an exaggeration (OK a BIG of an exaggeration). I know I haven’t actually done anything of the sort. But I have waited far too long to become accessible. I am a visual designer who has come to the realization that I need to be designing for people in the non-visual world.

So, I have decided to make the first thing I learn this year be accessibility. It is going to take some time and it will ultimately slow down the redesign if this site, but let’s face it. It is worth it. So be patient people.