Web Designers Vs. Web Developers (INFOGRAPHIC)

Web designers and developers occupy vastly different roles in the tech community, but they have one thing in common. According to this (tongue in cheek) infographic from Shane Snow, a HuffPostTech blogger, it's that they're scared of women.

"Yes, we know some designers and programmers are female. But the statement still stands!" writes Snow, the artist behind the humorous infographic called "Web Designers Vs. Web Developers," first posted on Six Revisions.

Snow's illustration visualizes the difference between developers and designers by comparing their hygiene, fashion sense, gadget accessories, median salaries, fears and more. According to the infographic, the two groups may look alike to the untrained observer, but they differ in every way--except for their shared fear of women.

Take a look at the infographic (below), then visit ShaneSnow.com for more work by the self-described "Web geek and writer."

LOOK: [via Six Revisions]

Comments

[Said One]

03:25 AM on 11/18/2010

As a GIMP user - I'm the non-traditional web designer since most of them use photoshop. GIMP users are typically not afraid of women.
 

[NightlyMath]

03:50 PM on 11/17/2010

Yea, I can agree with this infographic, but I must say, most of the programmers I know aren't afraid of women, they just never meet any due to job/major related isolation.

[ALoayza]

09:27 AM on 11/17/2010

I'm the guy on the left.

[macewan]

06:14 PM on 11/17/2010

I'm the one on the right.

[NetworkGuy]

10:53 AM on 11/19/2010

And I'm the network engineer that both of you expect to provide unlimited access, resources and bandwidth.

[alpinefresh]

07:41 AM on 11/17/2010

Nice, HuffPo...dropping infographics again. More SEO spam.

[lilylee86]

09:36 PM on 11/16/2010

so cute..
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[Marioth]

06:46 PM on 11/16/2010

Dear lordy-loo I'm both!

[hypnotoad72]

04:56 PM on 11/16/2010

200870 and 1336300 -- available jobs?  Yet with so many programmers and designers out of work, methinks something is being inflated... or people being disqualified.  (probably due to ageism or the fact that the workers might want a living wage so they can pay back college costs where they learned all this stuff to begin with, since employers demand pricey degrees to get beyond HR's front desk...)

Nice to see the $85k pay for programmers -- in which part of the US?  Where the cost of living is the highest, no doubt...

[Jake Martinez]

05:17 AM on 11/17/2010

These are median averages and frankly as someone who is a hiring manager for technology staff (I employ many ASP.NET developers) the average is right on the money.

[yabu]

02:13 PM on 11/16/2010

Pretty sexist bu@#$%. Should have been noted that his applis to MALE designers and developers. None of the female designers/developers I know are afraid of women.

[Andrew Wojtkowski]

05:27 PM on 11/16/2010

Quick! This is time for panic. We must form a search party. We must find your sense of humor before it is too late!

[Medude24]

06:21 PM on 11/16/2010

We have just a few hours to find it until the trail goes cold.

I have my headlamp, gloves, and two strips of peppered jerky at the ready.

[Niet]

09:51 PM on 11/16/2010

Hey, if a tree falls on a woman, wth was a tree doing in the kitchen?

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:12 PM on 11/16/2010

Cute infographic...

[krayonc]

01:07 PM on 11/16/2010

lol at the idea of "going to work"....you mean like an actual building? with a bunch of other people? hahahahhaha

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:59 PM on 11/16/2010

The name of the game is to produce and you can produce from anywhere and everywhere these days.

[krayonc]

09:07 PM on 11/16/2010

Zackly.

[Niet]

09:52 PM on 11/16/2010

To live the pants-less lifestyle, work from home!

Great avi btw.

[Ari Winkleman]

12:45 PM on 11/16/2010

Good thing Im a good ole fashion Graphic Designer

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:15 PM on 11/16/2010

Me too so where do we stand on the food chain?  I'm working and am quite busy and have had an outstanding career with continuous open doors.  It is a good field.

You can't open a relevant business without first seeing a professional graphic designer right?  Sure you can do it yourself if that is what you want your company image to look like right?  lol

[Sumocat]

02:22 PM on 11/16/2010

Yes, as you've noted in the manner indicative of your type, you're clearly a good old fashioned graphic designer.

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:58 PM on 11/16/2010

No back in the day it was commercial art not graphic design.

[Ari Winkleman]

09:27 PM on 11/16/2010

I've actually joined the sense making business which is more contemporary look at design.

[Aehrman]

12:18 PM on 11/16/2010

As a woman who works in IT (including doing web design), I'm constantly battling sexist stereotypes and dealing with men who resist female intrusion in what they consider their domain (pardon the pun). I don't think humor is a justifiable excuse to continue to encourage these stereotypes. Not funny.

[Lochness71]

01:24 PM on 11/16/2010

I believe this humor is actually breaking down those stereotypes. Get a sense of humor.

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:16 PM on 11/16/2010

I get you, but the problem is YOU take time to shower. lol

[raechel]

12:09 PM on 11/16/2010

Brought to you by a web designer who's sitting around waiting for the programmer to finish coding. Cute. Way too cute for the programmer.

[ResearchtheFacts]

02:17 PM on 11/16/2010

Probably not, remember the programmer has to get the bugs out.  So the GUI could very well be finished.  lol

[satanlite]

02:49 PM on 11/16/2010

Until the designer decides he wantst he nav buttons to act like expanding bubble gum bubbles ...

[Alien Nation]

11:54 AM on 11/16/2010

This must be true for the 20 something noobs working their first jobs.

[Andrew Wojtkowski]

05:32 PM on 11/16/2010

Really? Did you really say noobs?

My guess is you're a Dev.

[Alien Nation]

11:33 PM on 11/16/2010

I guess so. I also do 3D animation, motion graphics, and audio engineering.

Yes the people this diagram refers to are "noobs", "green horns", "beginners" - 20 something's that are still more worried about the t-shirt on their back than the design in their projects or the architecture of their code.

[DickTater]

11:51 AM on 11/16/2010

Hilarious, and as a web designer it is spot on. However, I am married to a hottie so the women part was funny, skinny jeans would be laughable on me, not perfectly true in all cases and all funny.