Why we are a web development shop

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
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

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.

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