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How QC and webcomics generally relate to the real USA
Oilman:
That's pretty much what I had thought. I know someone who did that sort of work as a stop-gap, getting work from a website of some sort. It wasn't great money but it kept the wolf from the door until he hit something better
We've never seen anyone else go to her for AnthroPC repair, and knowing more about the subject than most of the cast isn't saying a lot.
Omega Entity:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 27 Jan 2015, 22:55 ---That's pretty much what I had thought. I know someone who did that sort of work as a stop-gap, getting work from a website of some sort. It wasn't great money but it kept the wolf from the door until he hit something better
We've never seen anyone else go to her for AnthroPC repair, and knowing more about the subject than most of the cast isn't saying a lot.
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--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 27 Jan 2015, 22:39 ---White collar yes. Skilled? ehhhhh. A lot of people get by on those jobs with only basic knowledge and commonly available software tools. They don't make great websites, but serviceable, simple ones for people who have even less experience and knowledge. However Marigold has some tech knowledge. Enough to be a go-to person for AthroPC repair. How much she actually does for her father is unknown, but she seems to have a lot of free time. More than anyone else in the comic at least, aside from Sven Pintsize and Winslow.
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Depends on how the site is made. If it's just a WordPress or Wix site with easily ported templates and the like, then yeah, pretty easy.
But if it's someone who knows how to build one from scratch, programming and tailoring the site specifically for what a client needs, then it really is a highly-skilled, white-collar job. Businesses that rely on a well-built site to sell their products pay big, big bucks to have a site custom-made to their needs.
A friend of mine did a two year course on how to do it, and now can make between $500 and $2000 per site he builds. Since those kinds of jobs are freelance and not a steady paycheck, he also works for a site-building company for the steady income. So yes, there is such a thing as a highly-skilled, highly-paid web designer.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Oilman on 27 Jan 2015, 22:55 ---We've never seen anyone else go to her for AnthroPC repair, and knowing more about the subject than most of the cast isn't saying a lot.
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The problems that Marigold have fixed were quite complex, especially Momo's bad firmware update. That isn't the sort of thing that your average end user could handle.
Oilman:
Well, yes. That's the distinction between a professional engineer, which is DEFINITELY a white-collar skilled role, and an engineering technician, which isn't - but who may well overlap at least part of the functions of the professional engineer.
The example I was thinking of was actually a surveying technician who pretty much sucked the web-design stuff out of his thumb as a stop-gap, until he got another job in his REAL speciality. I know someone else who has left the oilpatch to establish himself in web design, because he is fed up with the travelling; HE is taking a year to do a Masters, and he is building on his past experience of client presentations to top-dollar clients
pwhodges:
This is a story, not a tediously accurate account of real life. It depicts what's needed to tell the story, and sufficient background to provide an environment for it. Quibbling beyond that is just missing the point.
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