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What Do You Call People Who "Do HTML"?

Posted by timothy on from the onion-belters dept.

gilgongo writes "It's more than 10 years since people started making a living writing web page markup, yet the job title (and role) has yet to settle down. Not only that, but there are different types of people who write markup: those that approach the craft as essentially an integration task, and those that see it as part of UI design overall. The situation is further complicated by the existence of other roles in the workplace such as graphic designer and information architect. This is making recruitment for this role a real headache. So, how do you describe people who 'do HTML' (and CSS and maybe a bit of JavaScript and graphics manipulation)? Some job titles I've seen include: Design Technologist, Web Developer, Front-end Developer, HTML/CSS Developer, Client-side Developer and UI Engineer. Do you have any favourite job titles for this role?"

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  1. I call them.. by onion2k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rude names. :)

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  2. Web Monkey? by bcmm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Web Monkey?

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  3. Unemployed? by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Propaganda as Nebulous as Apple's or Microsoft's

    Unemployed? Seriously, expand your skill set and learn the backend and basic services so you can start to call yourself a full fledged "web developer."

    House wives with spare time between cooking and putting the kids to bed make geocities pages with HTML. My advice is to not rely on something like that for your livelihood.

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  4. Nephew? by Infernal+Device · · Score: 4, Funny

    As in, "Why am I paying you to do this? My newphew can do that!"

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  5. Re:I just call them Web Designers by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just call them MySpace users.

  6. Re:Screwed? by SalaSSin · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, a secretary is a " personal CEO satisfaction manager"

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  7. Where I used to work ... by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... they used to call them, 'The people in the basement that we'd rather not deal with'.

    Now, they call them 'Indian contractors'.

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  8. Re:Screwed? by mrzaph0d · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's Assistant to the Fry Chef.

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  9. Re:Screwed? (errata) by neokushan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Was that just a clever way for you to get twice the carma?

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  10. Re:Screwed? (errata) by neokushan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Errata:

    "Carma"

    Should be:

    "Karma"

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  11. Commander Notepad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    or for those with advanced skills: Commander of Visual Notepad.

  12. Re:Screwed? by Rip+Dick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Funny you should say that, seeing how "efficiently" you've designed your homepage...

  13. Re:Screwed? (errata) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Erratum:

    "Errata:"

    Should be:

    "Erratum:"