The Architecture program site did go live only to be followed 9 months later with a full college Website redesign that encompassed all three programs plus the Taubman College parent site. I was a very active member of the redesign team helping manage both technical staff and content transition.
I left Taubman at the end of September. In two and a half years my role had progressed from making simple page edits to transitioning the table-based layout to CSS. Then my role shifted to un-official Web Master which included managing the technical transition of the site to dynamic PHP with Drupal RSS feeds. Each day brought something new to learn and accomplish that took me well beyond what I would have ever expected. Can you have scope-creep in your job responsibilities? Employment-creep!
I think the best lesson I have learned from all of this is that the role of a Web designer is very broad and as much as I attempt to be the Jack-of-all-trades (HTML/CSS coder, back-end programmer, sys admin, etc.) I could very well become the master of none.
So in the mean time I'll do some contract work with past co-workers and employers and try to hone in to a Web specialty that I can dedicate myself to.
I'll give myself some time to explore. HTML5 and CSS3 are heating up. I'm interested in versioning systems. GIT and Subversion have attracted my attention. With DreamWeaver CS4 I can dive into more JavaScript and AJAX with jQuery, YUI and Spry frameworks.
My big reward for leaving the "nest" is treating myself to An Event Apart in Chicago next week. (Actually a gift from my husband and boys that covers birthday, Christmas and possibly Mothers' Day 2010.)
All I can say is WOW, watch out world, here I come!
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