Comments on: Jack, Jill and Hill of all trades. https://www.simianenterprises.co.uk/blog/jack-jill-and-hill-of-all-trades-40.html Web development, Coldfusion, CSS, a bit of this, a bit of that... Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.7 By: Paul Randall https://www.simianenterprises.co.uk/blog/jack-jill-and-hill-of-all-trades-40.html/comment-page-1#comment-16 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:35:28 +0000 http://www.simianenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=40#comment-16 I totally agree on this.

A lot of people don’t want, or can’t see the value in copywriting and UX/UI or even user testing to any great extent.

There are plenty of SME companies out there, who maybe have between £250-£2500 for a website, and working in this sector can be very rewarding. You are usually their main contact, and get to see every aspect of the website inception.

For sites like this, working as a ‘Jack of all trades’ will help, as you tend to have lower overheads than some larger companies and can therefore offer them more for their money. Something everyone is looking for at the moment.

]]> By: Anthony @afovea https://www.simianenterprises.co.uk/blog/jack-jill-and-hill-of-all-trades-40.html/comment-page-1#comment-15 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:12:53 +0000 http://www.simianenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=40#comment-15 I can whole-heartedly appreciate the argument for specialising if you are in the market to be picked up by an agency, especially if you’re looking for a large agency to work for. However, i haven’t seen one job advertised for many many months where that hasn’t been a requirement for a skill set as long as your arm in order to be considered for the position.

It also becomes abundantly apparant that you have to be a ‘jack of all trades’ in order to do your job properly… explanation: What part of your specialist role can you perform to any amount of satisfactory status without having a clear and thorough understanding of other peoples specialist roles, what’s involved in what they do, and how your work will effect/benefit them.

Awesome post. Glad to see that people can be proud to help others and not have to compete in the ‘my agency is bigger than yours’ game that some perpetuate within this industry.

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