This document provides information about the skills needed for a career in web development. It states that to be successful in this field requires a genuine interest in web design as well as the ability to quickly learn new programming languages and software. Specific technical skills mentioned include proficiency in CSS, JavaScript, HTML5, MySQL, PHP, jQuery and XML. The document also stresses the importance of soft skills for web development and any career, such as planning, punctuality, teamwork, literacy, numeracy and problem solving. It provides examples of why each of these skills is important for web development work.

1. I.T
Web Development
To get into web devel-
opment you will need:
A flare for web design,
it’s not the sort of ca-
reer that you just idle
your way through the
day for the pay check,
a genuine interest is a
must in order to deal
with the stress that
comes with it. The
ability to learn quickly,
I.T is constantly evolv-
ing and it is essential
to keep up to date in
this job role, you will
need to learn new and
updated languages
and programmes to
keep up to date. You
will also need to be
willing to adapt to up-
dating products, even
if that means
“unlearning” what you
knew before. Also an
understanding of
CSS, Javascript,
HTML5 ,MySQL,
PHP/ Apache,
JQuery, and XML
wouldn’t be a miss!
General soft skills
will be handy, not
only for this job role
but for any other
too. These skills
include, Planning,
punctuality, team
working, literacy,
numeracy and
problem solving.
“Good design is
about making
other designers
feels like idiots
because they
didn’t think of it
first”
Guido van Rossum
is Dutch computer
programmer who is
best known as the
author of the Python
programming lan-
guage. In the Python
community, he’s
known as
“Benevolent dictator
of life”.
Why they are important.Skills
Technical Because you can’t design a website if you don’t know how to code!
Planning “failure to plan is planning to fail”
Time management No one wants to employ someone who can’t manage time efficiently.
Team working You can’t do everything alone, so if you can’t work in a team you won’t go very far.
Creativity If you want to *create* a website, you must be *creative*.
Problem solving When coding you will find yourself banging your head against a wall wondering why something isn’t
working, problem solving skills is a must!
Literacy Why make a website if no one can understand its content?
Numeracy Numeracy skills are very important in this line of work, there is lots of numerical data involved in web
development, so you better start revising!