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Web/Graphic designer

This is a field ideal for people with an aptitude for creativity. There is a phenomenal rise in the demand for web designers especially, as the Internet has really caught on in corporate circles. A graphic designer has to create pages on the net. Web designing is perfect for people with a keen eye for colours and inborn artistic talent. A Web/Graphic designer has to gain expertise right from the basics of web design like HTML, XML, Java Script, DHTML, Microsoft FrontPage and Macromedia Dreamweaver, to animated pages in Flash and image editing in Adobe PhotoShop to shine well in this profession.

Web programmer

The interactive web pages require a good deal of programming with CGI, Java and Visual Basic Scripting, ASP technology and Perl coupled with a good knowledge of Java, Visual Basic, C++, HTML and DHTML. Proficiency in Database Management Systems like Oracle and SQL is also necessary.

E-commerce will come to stay once the IT Bill has been passed and issues like credit card securities and cyber laws are in place. Tools like Visual Interdev, ASP, scripting, cold fusion and programming in Java, CORBA, Microsoft Site Server, MS Wallet, MS Cash Server, Oracle Internet Commerce Server (OIC), MS Transaction Server (MTS) are the areas of expertise that are sought after in order to be an e-commerce professional. The concept of online shopping malls and transactions on the net will increase once e-commerce hits India.