Web Works and Computing - Mission Web sites take some business knowledge, some artistic sensibility, and some interactivity skills. As with the hiring of anyone who will oversee a multifaceted endeavor, coordination skills, project management experience, and demonstrated leadership are important. Down the road, when businesses formalize Web needs, the Web team will be as common as the IS department is today. Today, the ability to get things done through informal channels is more important. If the Web site does more than publish information, technical skills are more important.
People often ask what programming language to use on the web.
In fact, the web is moving beyond a programming language. Rapid application development environments and modular components are growing in importance and will continue to separate the developer from the bulk of the code creation. That means that programming experience need not be a job requirement. If the site is large or growing fast, a generic Web professional might not be the best choice. Large-scale Web endeavors benefit from real administration knowledge.