Webmaster Roles

Webmaster, not only is it a cool title for a job, but its also a fun one! Before I can explain what would be most enjoyable to me, I should probably explain exactly what a Webmaster is. Webmasters do a variety of things, depending on certain aspects. When a Webmaster is in a smaller company, they tend to do most of the work. As opposed to a larger company where he would be assigned and specialized in certain things. A webmaster is typically a person who has a strong design back round and knows a good deal about things like graphics design and writing. The more “technical” type of webmaster runs servers by writing scripts that are necessary for a website.

Responsibilities that would generally belong to a Webmaster are: HTML Authoring, CGI Scripting, Basic Graphic Design Capability, Internet Awareness, General UNIX and PC (MS-WINDOWS) Awareness Basic TCP/IP and Networking, Graphic Design Skills, Customer Awareness, and WWW Serving Configuration.

Webmasters are generally viewed as leaders within companies and are required to be taking the lead and make sure everything is running smoothly, they’re like a type of manager. Webmasters have to be aware at all times what their client is looking for, and wants in a website. They have to make sure that the websites that they are creating are enjoyable to look at, and something that someone would be interested in looking at. Webmasters of course also need to be technical geniuses and be able to do coding and things easily.

I believe at being a webmaster would be a thoroughly enjoyable job. Personally, i would very much enjoy having a job like this that allows ideas to flow, and the ability to use creativity. You would get the pleasure of incorporating your own ideas into the finished product of the company. You can truly take enjoyment in your work knowing everything that you accomplished by doing this. If you put effort into it you can really make it look good and feel that sense of accomplishment. I believe that even the training necessary to building up to be a webmaster would be enjoyable. I’ve always found it very interesting looking at the codings and things that go into designing a website and things like that.

So, to wrap things up, I would enjoy having the leadership, creativity, and freedom that a webmaster gets to have with his job. Understanding how the coding on a website that makes things run has always been a subject that was very interesting to me. Who knows? Maybe being a Webmaster is a possible future for me, only time will tell.

Sources:

http://harry.cciflorida.com/HTML4/home/work/opini/www/webroles.html

http://www.stevegreenstein.com/yuba/role.htm