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By: scollins77

scollins77 — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:17:38 +0000

I am a webdeveloper employed at a University, and my experiences are quite different (perhaps being in Australia rather than the USA?).

Here, many of the faculties / departments are quite low on funding, and some are bankrupt (they generally have academics in charge, not trained managers), and trying to get them to fork out any money for professional work is like trying to draw blood out of a stone. They prefer to get their not-so-computer-literate admin staff to do as much of the “web work” as possible (for no extra cost), and don’t care if the result is unprofessional.

I’m planning to leave the University sector…

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:58:43 +0000

Jesus, the author talks like a brain-dead, jargon-happy automaton.

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By: aneitlich

aneitlich — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:37:59 +0000

Peach,

Find a department that needs to connect its potential constituents with the university. Universities are hot on the subject of community relations and extension. That’s where you may be able to help.

By: peach

peach — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 13:13:02 +0000

I’m going to university campus quiete often but I can’t picture myself selling a website to a professor or something ;)
Can you elaborate on how you sell yourself to a large organisation such as a university?

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