Comments on: 10 reasons why clients should have their nephew design their website

By: Anke

Anke — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:08:15 +0000

Darn. I have no nephew.

By: basekit

basekit — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:55:23 +0000

lol I started reading this post thinking it was serious. It really made me laugh – thanks!

By: Sunny Singh

Sunny Singh — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:48:32 +0000

Funny, but don’t forget that there actually are some really good young developers and designers out there. I assume this post wasn’t meant to discourage them in any way.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:13:00 +0000

Great article, some good comments on the mentality of some business people, the next client I get who say’s they have a nephew or niece who can do it cheaper I know what I am telling them…

By: Bob B

Bob B — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:43:27 +0000

By coincidence I arrived here just after I looked at a site I quoted for but was told “my son can do that”. It has 9 page downs to get to the bottom, 3 x 10Mb photos, several illegal images (allegedly) and of course it’s got a scrolling Marquee!

I may not be the best designer in the world but… oh my word…

Bob

By: Andrea Adelheid

Andrea Adelheid — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:32:18 +0000

I imagine the design you create and want to be like you.
Can you teach me in terms of design?

By: G.N.R.S.U

G.N.R.S.U — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:41:46 +0000

Creativity does not end,Innovative make success!

By: Bapun

Bapun — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:33:05 +0000

Oh lovely.. Funny article but very creatively written :D

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:38:13 +0000

Great article (and comments).

But the nephew doesn’t use animated GIFs. That’s old hat.

He uses Flash because “everybody has it” and it looks really pretty. And lots of high resolution JPEGs because “everybody has a fast internet connection now”.

And if you mention CSS or SEO you get a blank stare.

I’m not a real designer, I just can’t afford to hire one.:-)

By: Blake Houser

Blake Houser — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:45:10 +0000

Well said, and oh so true!

Blake

By: Chad Engle

Chad Engle — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:44:38 +0000

“This article made the generic statement that teenagers cannot produce good design”,

Actually,
I never stated an age in the entire post. I said “nephew”. You drew your own conclusion on age. The point of the article is that there are many self-proclaimed “designers” in the world. Even other industries have self proclaimed “guru’s”.

The reason most things are discounted with age is because regardless of how much you learn “by the book” you can’t learn experience you get that through years of practice.

By: Jerlyn

Jerlyn — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:19:36 +0000

Sorry Shane, if the site you’re currently linking to is your design “portfolio” it really doesn’t show that you’re a strong designer. So, please do not “toot” your own horn.
It also shows that you weren’t the one who coded it. However, I will give you kudos to simply having presence up and the ability to understand logically how this entire web thing may operate.

I’ll not be like Feroze to give you a pat on the head, but certainly come back in 10 years and show what you’ve learned.

By: Feroze

Feroze — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:00:52 +0000

Shane, if you were being charged with murder, who would you hire to defend you, some kid fresh out of varsity or some old coot who’s been playing golf with the judge for 20 years.

“you should still accept that few very talented (if I may toot my own horn just a little longer) designers exist that do have an age appended with “teen.”

All that says to me is that you want a little pat on the head…OK then if it will help you sleep at night” Good Boy Shane, you designed one little site for your aunty, I’m sure it ranks well versus the 243 million sites out there. Wow, you got gold at the special olympics!

By: Shane

Shane — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:45:10 +0000

Valid point. The point I was trying to reiterate however; is that an individuals skills should not be automatically discounted because of age. While in 99% of cases, you are probably correct – you should still accept that few very talented (if I may toot my own horn just a little longer) designers exist that do have an age appended with “teen.”

By: Feroze

Feroze — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:01:15 +0000

Well Shane, if you post on a designer forum about your developer skills should we assume you want to be a lawyer with a computer science degree. But read the article again, having a few skills and one site in your portfolio amounts to absolutely nothing. What the article is trying to say is that we as professional designers keep encountering clients who have friends and family who’ll design for free but their skill levels don’t compare to ours, but they expect us to provide our level of service at the same price as their nephews.