Andy Rutledge on “the web and the economy we’re entering”.
Those designers who also understand front-end development, CMS integration, and scripting will do best. Unprepared and unprofessional freelancers will do very poorly during this time.
Yes - I design websites & I slice them. I care about every detail, every pixel. Being the designer & slicer at the same time is something I strongly believe in.
Note; by slicing I mean “front-end development; xhtml, css, javascript, …”