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
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Situation |
Web Agency |
Web Development Shop |
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Attire |
Definitely a few suits |
Mostly Jeans and T-shirts |
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Attitude |
Doing this for money |
Doing this because it is what we do |
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Clients |
Brand names and Strategic partners |
Complicated sites that pose a challenge |
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Office |
Posh and beautiful |
Organized chaos / foosball & darts |
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Staff |
Business minded |
Code monkeys |
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Pets allowed? |
Nope |
Absolutely |
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Conflict Resolution |
HR Department |
NERF guns |
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Team Building |
Corporate Retreat |
Friday Afternoons |
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Internal Meetings |
Scheduled |
Pop by my desk / Skype chat for help & funny things too |
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Swearing in the office |
Frowned upon |
Expected |
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Hours /breaks |
9 -5 / structured |
all over the chart / all over the chart |
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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.
