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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 03-02-2015 08:30 PM
quote: Mike Blakesley
I suppose you have to have a certain type of brain to be a successful programmer. I probably have the right kind of brain, because I love figuring stuff out -- what I don't have is time. My day (or evening) literally gets interrupted every five minutes or less, to the point where I now have a hard time concentrating on one thing for long periods of time. Probably some sort of adult-onset ADD.
Programming skills are valuable, but it all comes down to the kind of work that you do and what skills will be most valuable to add.
For me, I'm a full time graphic designer. While I know enough about web design & development to handle to do a lot of the basics, I just don't see enough of an upside financially or career-wise to get fluent in all those web development programming languages, libraries, platforms, etc. I would have to devote a LOT of time getting up to speed in them. Unfortunately those technologies are changing rapidly. The bigger downside is "amateur hour" has driven down the pay scales.
On the other hand I can learn other scripting languages for creative tools that are more specific and require more creative talent to use. I think I would gain more benefit improving my JavaScript knowledge as it applies to automating tasks in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects than I would applying it to web page designs. There's more money to be made in designing motion graphics for all kinds of point of sale displays, way-finding sign systems, LED message centers, etc.
There's one script I'm trying to figure out for Adobe Illustrator in getting it to size lettering according to capital letter height (the app only sizes lettering by the overall size of its Em square). That would be useful, but it requires the script analyzing the font's data, like how many units it is in height, where the baseline and cap height lines are in relation/position and pulling out that section of the Em square as the true letter height. Sign making applications have been able to do this for many years. This kind of capability would be great for pixel-specific design work. Lettering looks a hell of a lot better when the baseline and cap height lines are lining up with the pixel grid precisely.
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