41 Re: Multiple Comments

@Jeffrey:

It is a beginning, not an end. It is not perfect. You appear to have research experience. You might want to volunteer to help us make next year’s survey even better. Thank you for your valuable insights and feedback.

I applaud your effort. An imperfect start is better than no start at all and I think the information gained from this survey will definitely serve as foundation for further research.

I should add that I have absolutely no research experience. I don’t think that negates the points I was trying to make; they are honest questions and concerns. That said, I would be glad to help in any way possible.

posted at 11:40 pm on April 24, 2007 by Dan Wilkinson

42 Thank you

It’s funny – as a web professional, I often forget that just as I aim to create an effective and pleasing user experience for my users, there are other web professionals doing the same thing for me when I’m a user.

In that light, my earlier post seems to imply that I only have negative feedback. The truth is, my overall experience with the survey was excellent, the information being gathered is relevant and interesting, and I look forward to seeing a follow-up report.

I appreciate A List Apart for taking the initiative to take stock of our industry and fill in an information void. Keep it up.

posted at 11:56 pm on April 24, 2007 by Aliotsy Andrianarivo

44 Salary

Perhaps I was reading too fast but was the salary question before or after taxes?

posted at 12:41 am on April 25, 2007 by star night

45 Re: Social Aspects

I think Onno conveys a number of social aspects that, if asked, would’ve proven to be common responses.

Excellent idea nonetheless, and long overdue.

posted at 01:38 am on April 25, 2007 by Gaz Shaw

46 Question 20

Question 20. “How many web design jobs have you held?”

It reads simple enough, but I thought about it too long. I call each site I work on a “job.� I think perhaps you were trying to get at jobs that would be listed on your resume. The word “held� should have tipped me off, but I missed the boat on that one.

posted at 01:57 am on April 25, 2007 by star night

47 Geographic location

Can there be a US:west for the geographic location. I didn’t know what to put because I didn’t consider any of the choices entirely correct. I am in Utah.

posted at 04:39 am on April 25, 2007 by blake scarbrough

48 Expectations vs delivery

Is it just me or does the rest of the web industry have their employers deliver a lot less than what they are actually competent in ? (Questions 5 versus 6, in case people don’t know what I’m talking about)

posted at 07:05 am on April 25, 2007 by Lawrence Meckan

49 Geographic Location

Hi ALA! Awesome survey. Thanks so much for doing this!

In thinking about next year, one of the ideas I wanted to support is revamping the geographic location choices. Members of the WaSP ILG have been brainstorming about how to improve this section for next year. I found this comment very enlightening:

“All of Africa one category? All of EU (except the UK) one category? All of Asia (except India) one category?

And wondering where I might locate New Zealand. I’m assuming they would expect it under “Pacific Rim” – which isn’t a category we would use. And, you know, the Pacific is a BIG OCEAN. The “rim” encompasses Japan, Canada, USA (including Alaska and Hawaii), Mexico, the west coast of South America …

I would have thought either it’s a survey for US people, in which case the US categories make sense. Else it’s a survey for the world, in which case the categories they’ve used can be refined for next year’s survey.”

I can’t wait to see the results from this year’s survey. ALA rocks!

posted at 07:26 am on April 25, 2007 by Glenda Sims

50 gender

gender is either masculine or feminine or somewhere in between or neither, but it is not male or female
a person’s sex (as in organs), on the other hand, is male or female – mind you some people are both, so you shouldn’t be so quick to assume and only offer 2 alternatives
and then there’s sexual orientation, but I don’t want to confuse even more

point is, you should offer an “other” button

posted at 07:42 am on April 25, 2007 by hidden genius