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I work for an art studio in my area that does mainstream web and print work. We get a lot of the business around town and there are 3 of us. I do most of the design work, One guy is mostly programming, the other does most of the print. We can all do print work but he is usually able to handle it. We all stay busy and it seems to work out. I have taught myself some stuff and I can understand coldfusion, php, jquery, flash well enough to not place too much burden on my other coworkers.
The one thing that has fucked with me for the longest time is databases. It isn't the sql, that's simple enough. I have problems understanding how to build them properly. These tables are going to have these rows here and these in this other table, etc... I will admit I have been pulled away from it over and over again and never really followed through with it.
There are more and more apps coming out that let me focus on designing/skinning and less on databases though, like wordpress, magento, mura, etc... but It's always in the back of my mind. I should try it again.
Anyway, best of luck with your reading. If you haven't tried lynda.com yet and can afford to spend money on it., it's good. Nettuts.com may have some stuff as well.
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