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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:48:27 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Web Design &amp; Development</title><subtitle>Web Design &amp; Development</subtitle><id>http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-02-10T23:48:37Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Northern Virginia web design students get the ‘real deal’ scoop on web career track</title><category term="web design"/><category term="web development"/><category term="web publishing"/><category term="web site management"/><id>http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/2009/2/10/northern-virginia-web-design-students-get-the-real-deal-scoo.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/2009/2/10/northern-virginia-web-design-students-get-the-real-deal-scoo.html"/><author><name>dcwebwomen</name></author><published>2009-02-10T23:32:59Z</published><updated>2009-02-10T23:32:59Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<h3>Web students want to  know what they’re getting into</h3>

<img style="border: 1px solid #333333;" src="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/storage/NOVA2.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1234308942869" alt="DCWW Marketing & PR Chair Mayra Ruiz-McPherson gives local web students a web career reality check at Northern Virginia Community College in Annadale, Virginia"/>

<p> About a two weeks ago, Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus web design adjunct instructor Karen Priestly <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cxvjk2" target="_blank">invited me to  speak to her class </a>and help her students better understand the importance of  possessing various skill sets and how to match those skill sets to real-world  jobs, projects and scenarios. </p>]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Want to build a website? Be careful what you wish for!</title><category term="web design"/><id>http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/2008/9/17/want-to-build-a-website-be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/web-design-development/2008/9/17/want-to-build-a-website-be-careful-what-you-wish-for.html"/><author><name>dcwebwomen</name></author><published>2008-09-17T18:53:55Z</published><updated>2008-09-17T18:53:55Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<img  src="http://www.dcwebwomen.org/storage/wishweb.gif?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1221678979979"/>

<h3>So you want to design web sites, do you?</h3>
<p>Want to roll up your sleeves and learn how to design, develop and publish a
website? Well ... you are in for an "adventure" ... and perhaps a bit of a stressful one at that. For those that are just now trying to embark on this journey beware: web site design requires skill, creativity, technical capability and oh yes ... lots and lots and lots of patience!!!</p>]]></summary></entry></feed>