I made this jump earlier this year. Best decision ever, and I'm going all the way to becoming an actual front-end dev who's also an excellent designer.
Really good video, I slowly realized that graphic design is dead because everyone thinks they can design and doesn’t see what we see. But every since learning web design I feel creative again
It’s also because most people outside of the industry don’t understand the process. Most people won’t even know that web design and development are separate things and will just want a website making from start to finish
Or run a virtual agency, for 3 years now, I’ve ran a virtual agency with associates who excel at design, development, SEO, copywriting and marketing. I am the project manager now and we can deliver on projects we’d never get if I stayed on my own.
Great video Ran, and a great message behind it. But I just wanted to get clear on terminology here, when you say becoming a “Web Designer” who can also Develop is that same Designer also a “Product Designer” or are they just a “Web Designer” who can only design pretty brochure pages? Because in my mind they are not the same thing, becoming a UI/UX Designer who is well rounded in sound UX/UI principles requires way more skill and years of experience to become good and well respected at it than a Web Designer who can only design pretty digital pictures but who is way out of touch with useability? Also would you say that same Designer of the future will also need to be well versed in SEO, and A/B optimisation testing too in order to remain relevant and future proof?
no, I'm not talking about product design here. those are different skills. product design is awesome, but not much work right now + way too competitive (everyone wants to work in tech), so I wouldn't be on it in 2025
can you help me? what you would do if you got stuck in ui ux? i know the basic, i know how to design a web from scratch. but i feel little bit nervous with my skill. is it good enough. what should i do to next step? and recently i,m learning how to use webflow. and like you said. it kinda easy to learn webflow than uiux. what acctually minimal skill we need to have a client?
Can you clarify in an hinets manner something fo rme please? I am an older generation freelance business analyst looking to do a sideway move - I don't have time on my hands to make mistake and pivot again. I am looking at web designing as an option BUT I see more and more AI applications able to just build the website, so I assume thsi skillset is quickly dying and htere is no point investing a lot of time in it. We need to look at building skills with the bigger AI picture in it. I struggled to secure work for the past 18 months and people are continuously being made redundant. Choosing the right skillset to invest in has becoem crcuial. Thank you for your thoughts!
I liked your question so I wrote a lot below. No clue if it's useful to your particular case, but thought sharing was better than not sharing. Good luck with making your pivot! The core skillset of a designer or a developer is that of a problem solver. How you solve the problem is not really a concern nor is it the real service you are offering to clients. LLM's are slowing down in improvements as they are running out of, or have run out of data to train on. So what we had with ChatGPT 3.5/4/4o/o1 was pretty much almost the peak of a LLM. I use Claude now personally, and it usually is better, but not by much when comparing to the latest model of anything out there. And this progress has slowed down big time :). AI website builders are pretty horrendous. They honestly look like your clients building websites themselves - not great. This might change I guess over time. These models can just be applied in more specific ways and data can be narrowed down for them to train from (so only give them the best websites to train from). So perhaps they can follow a cookie-cutter sort of method behind the scenes to create better websites, but i seriously doubt it. Anyway. What you're offering is to solve a problem for a client, you're not offering web design, you're not offering web development, you're offering an authentic representation of your client's business, you're playing matchmaker between them and their target audience. This is just how i see it of course, but whether I use AI or not, the job is the same and AI STILL struggles with complex things. It's just a paradigm. I've seen $500 p/m models crumble when any real logical complexity is thrown at them. They just aren't great at a lot of things. I am a designer and programmer and I use them to learn from. I use AI for copywriting guidance, to speed up consuming documentation on technologies I'm unfamiliar with, etc. But they can't do our work that well. You still need to guide it a ton. But if you know how to guide it, you're supercharging yourself in any field. What would take 30min to google, now takes 5min with AI to implement. And if you instruct it to TEACH you whilst you go, even better! Whether or not you should pivot into this field... that's a tougher question to answer. Depends what you like, what you're good at, how quickly you learn, etc.
There’s so many kinds of chefs. Personal, restaurant, food trucks, barbecue, and so many types of cuisine. Thai, French,Japanese. And they use so many diff cooking methods and equipment. And as long as they can cook a good, tasty meals, they will have fans buying them.
@@gdj777 are you telling him to go into culinary arts??? I've been in that industry for 20 years. If you don't mind making 45k a year, then its a great option that's insulated from AI and automation, for now. The problem is, its also a young persons game, you rarely see older people remaining competative in the industry generally. If you were simply usinig food as a metaphor, please disregard all the words above.
Hey there! I'm wondering if there are stories of students from developing countries who could successfully sell their services to places like the US or Europe at their local prices!
Bro im a web designer trying to climb on the ranks but i want to learn one of the design builder tool but dont know which to learn, can you pls share your thoughts on which i should start with framer or webflow
I made this jump earlier this year. Best decision ever, and I'm going all the way to becoming an actual front-end dev who's also an excellent designer.
YES!
Really good video, I slowly realized that graphic design is dead because everyone thinks they can design and doesn’t see what we see. But every since learning web design I feel creative again
It’s also because most people outside of the industry don’t understand the process. Most people won’t even know that web design and development are separate things and will just want a website making from start to finish
I am a front-end developer turned web designer. And I agree with you.
maaaan, I needed this video. Thank you so much for sharing the gold and happy holidays.
Hey Ran, Thank you so much for your Content. Soon i will take a Webflow Course insallah. You are the Best Bro 💪🏼🙏🏼🤗
Glad to have you here. ✌️
Two in a row man. You are just on 🔥 👍
This video was dope!!!!! It is a gold mine full of very valuable information. Thank you so much!
Happy to hear!
Thanks for the valuable insights Ran.
Very insightful. Thanks for helping me make up my mind.
Glad you found it helpful!
Or run a virtual agency, for 3 years now, I’ve ran a virtual agency with associates who excel at design, development, SEO, copywriting and marketing. I am the project manager now and we can deliver on projects we’d never get if I stayed on my own.
Thanks for the material !
Thanks Ran, for your amazing Helpful content.
17:14 Why not WP with Brick or Elementor? Those are easier than Webflow.
Very informative as always
What about a video of choosing either becoming a web designer, a product designer or a ux/ui designer that does both.
I have some videos on the topic. TLDR: not much work in product design right now + too competitive.
@@FluxAcademy I see so building a web design agency is easier right now than entering product design ?
thank you Ran this was very helpful.
Great video Ran, and a great message behind it. But I just wanted to get clear on terminology here, when you say becoming a “Web Designer” who can also Develop is that same Designer also a “Product Designer” or are they just a “Web Designer” who can only design pretty brochure pages? Because in my mind they are not the same thing, becoming a UI/UX Designer who is well rounded in sound UX/UI principles requires way more skill and years of experience to become good and well respected at it than a Web Designer who can only design pretty digital pictures but who is way out of touch with useability?
Also would you say that same Designer of the future will also need to be well versed in SEO, and A/B optimisation testing too in order to remain relevant and future proof?
no, I'm not talking about product design here. those are different skills. product design is awesome, but not much work right now + way too competitive (everyone wants to work in tech), so I wouldn't be on it in 2025
How do you compensate for the fact that no-code tools don’t work as well with SEO search and web crawlers?
thank you Run for this amazing content
super valuable, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Really insightful! What was the url to the awards site you were browsing in the video? Thx.
Thanks! Here is the website: www.awwwards.com/
Superb insightful content
And I'm doing it backward. I started as a dev and am now getting into design. Which feels so difficult.
but that's a smart move!
same here G
can you help me? what you would do if you got stuck in ui ux? i know the basic, i know how to design a web from scratch. but i feel little bit nervous with my skill. is it good enough. what should i do to next step?
and recently i,m learning how to use webflow. and like you said. it kinda easy to learn webflow than uiux.
what acctually minimal skill we need to have a client?
Can you clarify in an hinets manner something fo rme please? I am an older generation freelance business analyst looking to do a sideway move - I don't have time on my hands to make mistake and pivot again. I am looking at web designing as an option BUT I see more and more AI applications able to just build the website, so I assume thsi skillset is quickly dying and htere is no point investing a lot of time in it. We need to look at building skills with the bigger AI picture in it. I struggled to secure work for the past 18 months and people are continuously being made redundant. Choosing the right skillset to invest in has becoem crcuial. Thank you for your thoughts!
I liked your question so I wrote a lot below. No clue if it's useful to your particular case, but thought sharing was better than not sharing. Good luck with making your pivot!
The core skillset of a designer or a developer is that of a problem solver. How you solve the problem is not really a concern nor is it the real service you are offering to clients.
LLM's are slowing down in improvements as they are running out of, or have run out of data to train on. So what we had with ChatGPT 3.5/4/4o/o1 was pretty much almost the peak of a LLM.
I use Claude now personally, and it usually is better, but not by much when comparing to the latest model of anything out there. And this progress has slowed down big time :).
AI website builders are pretty horrendous. They honestly look like your clients building websites themselves - not great. This might change I guess over time. These models can just be applied in more specific ways and data can be narrowed down for them to train from (so only give them the best websites to train from). So perhaps they can follow a cookie-cutter sort of method behind the scenes to create better websites, but i seriously doubt it.
Anyway. What you're offering is to solve a problem for a client, you're not offering web design, you're not offering web development, you're offering an authentic representation of your client's business, you're playing matchmaker between them and their target audience. This is just how i see it of course, but whether I use AI or not, the job is the same and AI STILL struggles with complex things. It's just a paradigm.
I've seen $500 p/m models crumble when any real logical complexity is thrown at them. They just aren't great at a lot of things. I am a designer and programmer and I use them to learn from. I use AI for copywriting guidance, to speed up consuming documentation on technologies I'm unfamiliar with, etc. But they can't do our work that well. You still need to guide it a ton.
But if you know how to guide it, you're supercharging yourself in any field. What would take 30min to google, now takes 5min with AI to implement. And if you instruct it to TEACH you whilst you go, even better!
Whether or not you should pivot into this field... that's a tougher question to answer. Depends what you like, what you're good at, how quickly you learn, etc.
Check our channel for Ai related videos, as I covered my thoughts on the topic. bottom line: web design is not going any where soon
There’s so many kinds of chefs. Personal, restaurant, food trucks, barbecue, and so many types of cuisine. Thai, French,Japanese. And they use so many diff cooking methods and equipment. And as long as they can cook a good, tasty meals, they will have fans buying them.
@@gdj777 are you telling him to go into culinary arts??? I've been in that industry for 20 years. If you don't mind making 45k a year, then its a great option that's insulated from AI and automation, for now. The problem is, its also a young persons game, you rarely see older people remaining competative in the industry generally. If you were simply usinig food as a metaphor, please disregard all the words above.
the site perma crashes on my phone
Hey there! I'm wondering if there are stories of students from developing countries who could successfully sell their services to places like the US or Europe at their local prices!
You are awesome 🎉
Bro im a web designer trying to climb on the ranks but i want to learn one of the design builder tool but dont know which to learn, can you pls share your thoughts on which i should start with framer or webflow
I do share a little about that in this video but we also have another video coming very soon on this topic. Good luck!
@@FluxAcademy okay then, will continue my research till then. Thanks
I want to transform the triangle to square
Bro how to create a free trust website
Install Framer
Webflow
I am both dev and designer. Let me tell you I am broke as fuck.
Drop your portfolio so I can review!
"@danielapro9755
Please share your portfolio here.
We'll critique how weak your portfolio is! 😂"
Don't do it guys, it's over rated, just focus on graphic design.
--Every gatekeeper web developper
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Robbed lol