Sedikit tentang skill dan pilihan pekerjaan :

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Of course, that’s a ludicrous thing to suggest. HTML and CSS are
foundational technologies of the Web, and no-one is suggesting that web
developers shouldn’t have to know them. In fact, a “web developer” who
didn’t know HTML and CSS has no right to the title.

But here’s the thing: JavaScript is just as foundational as HTML and CSS.

Now, granted, when I first got into this business JavaScript was
something of a red-headed stepchild; 99% of all the JavaScript deployed
on the public Web was devoted to making images change when you rolled
your mouse over them, and the other 1% was written by scary people who
called it “DHTML”.

But now… now it’s 2006, and we’re slowly realizing that those

“DHTML” guys were really onto something. The rich interaction
possibilities opened up by JavaScript are being recognized for what
they are, and have even spawned a whole raft of new buzzwords and new
toolkits. And even though it was always technically that way, we’re
coming around to see (or, in some cases, being dragged kicking and
screaming into seeing) that the Web really is based on three
technologies: HTML for structure, CSS for style and JavaScript for
behavior and interaction.

Which means that here and now, in 2006, if you call yourself a “web developer” you have absolutely no excuse for not knowing JavaScript. And if you don’t know JavaScript, you have absolutely no right to call yourself a “web developer”....

The B-List: Django and AJAX

Kalo dipikir-pikir ini sama dengan :

• Web designer yang gak bisa nulis HTML kalo gak ada Dreamweaver
• Photoshop artists yang gak bisa bikin drop shadow kalo gak ada plug in nya
• Jagoan 3D Max yang gak bisa bikin walk cycle tanpa Character Studio
  

Huehehe... Memang sih teknologi seharusnya mambuat kehidupan lebih mudah, tapi coba deh... yang gw sebutin diatas itu kan bener2 konsep dasar...
ie :

HTML itu text file yang bisa diedit bahkan dengan text editor sederhana seperti Notepad, asal kita tahu ,biarpun sedikit, tentang tag dasar HTML

Bikin drop shadow di Photoshop ? hmm... gw berani taruhan, anak2 design keluaran baru itu gak ada yang tahu apa itu "CHOP" alias "CHannel OPeration"... inget, jaman dulu photoshop gak ada layer, cuma
bisa multiple channel mask, itupun kalo udah banyak makin berat karena memory PC standard jaman dulu yang cuma 16 meg ( segitu juga udah bisa jadi kebanggaan :P )

Walk cycle ? waktu gw masih jadi 3D animator, character animation could boost you up to the top of the food chain ... timing, timing, timing... rigging, skinning, bla bla... even the basics could take considerable effort and time to learn fully... sekarang, klik sini, drag sana, klik klik klik... jadilah makluk itu jalan dengan penuh keluwesan... jadi inget waktu multiped plugin buat softimage dirilis, semua orang langsung rebutan pengen bisa pake...

I mean, I couldn't care less if you say "no time to learn" or "as long as the job done"... but IMHO, good knowledge on basic concepts is a MUST... i don't know about you, but for me, it saved me a whole lot
of valuable time , producing better results with less work, and most of all, I don't get dependent to my tools...

imagine this ( or don't, because this happens nearly daily these days ):

"I wan't this logo to have drop shadow"

"errr... sorry sir, this PC is only being used for preview only,
it does have Photoshop installed, but without drop shadow plugin...
please, give us more time, let's setup another meeting later then "

"???"