Digital Job Outlook

Media Professionals Speak about Internet Jobs

Eric Bonzer, Web Designer, Spinutech

You’ll want to learn HTML and know how to write it from scratch, not using Dreamweaver. And then the CSS—also learn how to write that from scratch. Certainly the Adobe Creative Suite is great, but for the most part it’s really knowing how to write that stuff from scratch.

Gina Bianchini, CEO, Mightybell

If Zuckerberg, the Google guys, and Bill Gates are the pattern creators, Steve Jobs may be the best counterevidence to the creation myth. He didn’t study computer science during his brief time at Reed College. He didn’t need to be an ace at coding. Instead, he relentlessly and passionately focused on products. He marketed. He sold. He inspired. He challenged. He succeeded. He failed. He kept going. Then, he succeeded again. These are the true characteristics of a successful entrepreneur in the consumer Internet space. And there is nothing stopping women from performing just as well as men.

Visual Designer Ad for Uber, New York Office

You are . . .

  • A utility player. You’re willing to find resolutions to customer issues early, late, and often.

  • Cool and calm under pressure. You have superior organizational skills, integrity, and great follow-through on tasks. You don’t get overwhelmed easily . . . tons of design requests from the Community and Operations teams? No prob!

  • Graceful. You are self-aware, well-spoken on the phone, and eloquent in e-mails.

  • Fun. You’re a charismatic people person who can talk to anyone; you’re flexible, fearless, and excited to help build something awesome and share it with the world.

  • Motivated. You’re ready to hit the ground running; you are slightly obsessive-compulsive about grinding away at projects for the team.

Alexa Andrzejewski, Ux Designer and Founding CEO of Foodspotting

Share your idea with anyone who will listen. There is a temptation to keep it to yourself so no one will steal it. The truth is, finding someone with the time and money to do it better and faster than you is so rare, and the value of sharing your idea is so much more. I shared the idea when I first had it, and I felt validated and motivated to pursue it.