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Hi, everybody.

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I am so happy to say congratulations,
that you've made it this far in the class,

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and that you've hopefully
completed the final project.

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We have all come a really long way from
the plain pages that we began with

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to something that's really styled.

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I hope you've learned a little bit of
theory and a little bit of practice, and

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you're putting it together to
create something really unique.

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So at this point,
you might be wondering, what next?

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I've gone to the HTML class maybe,

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and I've definitely just
finished the CSS class.

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What can I do to continue my
own progress as a web designer?

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Well first,

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I would really encourage you to consider
creating your own site from scratch.

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Draw it out, style it, do all the little
things that you wanted to do, but

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you didn't because you were too
busy doing the assignments.

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Once you've done that,
you can continue to practice your skills.

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One of the things people often ask me is,
I wanna get a job as a web designer.

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What should I do?

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Well, when you go and
you talk to other people about web design,

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they're gonna wanna know,
what are you working on right now?

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So whether it may be just working on
transitions, transforms, accessibility,

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you should always have something
that you're thinking about

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about your site to work on right now.

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You're also probably at this point ready
to join a Meet Up or different workshops.

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You're not at web developer status yet.

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You're not really close because
you need more practice.

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You need more experience.

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But what you can do is,
you know enough that you can meet up

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with other web designers and
talk to them about what they're doing.

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It's a great way to find out
what's happening right now and

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to make connections,
because connections are so important.

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There's also a group called
Girls Develop It that's nation wide, and

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they often hold workshops.

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You are definitely ready
to volunteer to be a TA and

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work with others as they build
their own HTML and CSS skills.

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Also, if you're really interested in
continuing your knowledge, you're going to

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want to learn about using JavaScript
to add some interactivity to your site.

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The last thing you may wanna think about
is learning more about what's called

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responsive design.

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Responsive design will use the CSS that
you've been learning all this time and

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tailor it to the different viewports.

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You might want your page to look
different on a mobile platform

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versus a laptop versus a tablet.

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Responsive design does more
than just show you, hey,

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you can make things small or bigger.

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You think about what
really belongs on the page

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to best make your page
accessible to others.

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So again, congratulations and
thank you for helping each other out on

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the discussion boards and in other ways as
you all created something great in CSS 3.