I am a web developer. I\'m doing all kinds of web-sites and web applications. It

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I am a web developer. I'm doing all kinds of web-sites and web applications.

It's very strange for me that a lot of customers do not know the difference between a web developer and a slicer. They just want to "give you the PSD" and expect you to give them a web site with a DB back-end and so on...

I'm just asking here: am I wrong in my thinking?

Of course, a web developer MUST know html and css but I don't think that he should slice the PSD and do all the work a css guru can do...

I would like to hear your opinions on this.

Explanation / Answer

In a perfect world, there's a clear separation between people who do the design elements (slicing, css, graphics ... etc) and people who do coding.

We don't live in that world.

It is very common for a programmer to wear more than one hat, especially in low budget projects or small companies. No only doing design stuff, but taking on the responsibilities of a DBA and maybe even a network admin. So having a wide cross section of skills is often very beneficial for a programmer (or anyone else really).

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