[thelist] Career Q's

> i only hire hand-coders or those who are capable/willing to learn...
we build compliant,
> accessible, compatible, clean HTML... there are limitations in what
WYSIWYGs can do, and too
> many people don't know how to get into the code and make it work... if
i can't rely on my staff
> to do what they have to do to get the job done because they can't get
into the code, i'm not
> interested... not to mention all WYSIWYGs tend to insert crap into the
HTML...


+1

Another good thing about hand-coding skill is that it makes it 200x
easier to get into Web programming. Try writing ASP/CGI/ColdFusion
without the ability to hand code. Not too many WYSIWYG editors that will
write Web apps for you (with the exception of Front Page, of course :).



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