I’ve been trying to find a word to unify all of us. When I say “us” I mean all of the people who contribute to creating the web. This includes developers, designers, copy writers, internet marketers, information architects, client advisors. The people who make the web possible.

Trevor mentioned to me once he believes that Web Developers of today are like the masons of the medieval period. These people would work on different projects like houses, churches and castles. They all had different skills and were engaged as their skills were necessary. 

I believe that this resembles how the web is built today. We all work on projects together and bring expertise to the project.

Now the question is what do we call ourselves? The problem for me is that I often refer to all people involved in creating websites, so my sentences usually end up looking something like “I work with developers, designers, copy writers and marketing people.” There’s got to be a better way to refer to everyone together in a single word. 

The other thing that I think we should consider in choosing a word is the fact that there are 2 types of web people: employed and self-employed or freelancers. So it would be good to have 2 variations of this word that would communicate their employment status.

So if you have any ideas or suggestions,
I’m all ears.

I’m looking forward to your feedback.