Last week, one of our latest hires was explaining to me that we don’t feel like a Web Agency. Instead, he claimed that we felt and acted like a web development shop.
I thought this was a strange thing to say. To me, they are more or less the exact same thing. But, he went on to explain that there are a number of stigmas associated with each. So I thought it would be fun to compare some
| Situation | Web Agency | Web Development Shop |
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| Attire | Definitely a few suits | Mostly Jeans and T-shirts |
| Attitude | Doing this for money | Doing this because it is what we do |
| Clients | Brand names and Strategic partners | Complicated sites that pose a challenge |
| Office | Posh and beautiful | Organized chaos / foosball & darts |
| Staff | Business minded | Code monkeys |
| Pets allowed? | Nope | Absolutely |
| Conflict Resolution | HR Department | NERF guns |
| Team Building | Corporate Retreat | Friday Afternoons |
| Internal Meetings | Scheduled | Pop by my desk / Skype chat for help & funny things too |
| Swearing in the office | Frowned upon | Expected |
| Hours /breaks | 9 -5 / structured | all over the chart / all over the chart |
| Personal Wellness | gym membership/ workout facilities | our backyard full of trails/running/anything physically challenging in or out of the office |
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Anyways, just a fun exercise to see how different terms can affect perception. So, how do you perceive a web agency vs a web development shop? I would love to hear about it in the comments.
