With a median salary of $47k, I'm pretty sure they -can- afford that razor. ;)
I think it's interesting that it says there are so many fewer design jobs than programming ones. I would have thought they were equal, or even skewed the other direction.
I'm a developer that wishes he had a tiny bit of design talent. What design I can do is ALL hard work and not from an innate talent at all. It's quite frustrating for me to be able to do all of it except the pretty bits. At least, do it well.
I empathize deeply. I wish I had more design skill than I do, and while I tend to do better than any other programmers I've worked with, I am a far cry from a real designer. The designs that I do manage to eke out are a massive effort.
I am glad that the one thing this has really given me is an appreciation for stellar design. People who can take a blank canvas and build a beautiful, functional design that works is absolutely worthy of the same, or better pay than what I get for cramming values into a database.
I'm sure it's biased in that I know how to do what I do, and I don't know how to do what they do, but a good designer is worth a mint. As is a good developer.
I think it's interesting that it says there are so many fewer design jobs than programming ones. I would have thought they were equal, or even skewed the other direction.
I'm a developer that wishes he had a tiny bit of design talent. What design I can do is ALL hard work and not from an innate talent at all. It's quite frustrating for me to be able to do all of it except the pretty bits. At least, do it well.