Web Designer

(Route, education, college)

Education Requirements

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Web designers typically require a bachelor’s degree in web design, graphic arts, or computer science for entry-level positions, though associate degrees, coding bootcamps, and self-taught portfolios are viable alternatives. So, some requirements you might need to be accepted into computer science colleges could be a strong portfolio, graphic design skills, and many skills.

I'm already doing web design classes right now, and plan on continuing them along with graphic design classes. I like to think I'm doing well on my websites, but the design isn't always great.

College Choices

Some obvious choices would be MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, or the University of California, Berkeley. But I'd probably stay in Florida, and just major in a web design or graphic design class.

Top majors for a web design career include Graphic Design (for visual creativity), Web Development (for coding/technical skills), User Experience (UX) Design (for usability), and Computer Science (for foundational programming).

Route

A route to being a web designer is simple. I'd keep working in web design in school, graduate, work as a freelancer, and hopefully get hired by a web design company. This is what my route would look like to becoming a web designer, starting from middle school.

  1. Finish web design classes in middle school
  2. Take graphic design and web design classes in high school
  3. Graduate
  4. Start working for other people to make websites for them
  5. Build a strong portfolio
  6. Apply to a web design company

And when I retire, I plan on sitting on a nice pile of money, and ignoring my grandkids. And GTA VI still will not be out.