Web Design as a Profession... what do you think?

[chris9902]

I started work as a web designer for a college and 4 networked sites in October last year. Being 17 i really tought this was a good job, ok i don't get paid alot but i am doing something i like and not being a bum like most people my age. At the moment i am signed off work and i went to the doctors to be signed off and he asked what i did, i told him and he had this blank look on his face. But this is not just my doctor it is like no one knows what i do in my job and it is starting to piss me off. i just wanted to know what anyone else thinks about this... anyone who works as a web desinger.

thanks for any input.

[buntine]

I worked as a web developer for most of last year.. I started off designing web sites for local companies but was soon picked up by a larger corporation and put to work as a applications programmer..

It was amazing how far it all got me. I started off with just a small amount of cash and ended up over-loaded!

The only reason i have stopped now is because i am currently studying for my degree in Computer Science.. But i have a job waiting for me back in my home city..

Anyway, the point of all this; I think becoming a small-time web designer is a great idea if you are serious about it.. Its cheap and easy to set-up.

Regards,
Andrew Buntine.

http://www.buntinedesign.com.au is the website i used to attract customers, etc.. It remains dormant for the moment.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by chris9902
I started work as a web designer for a college and 4 networked sites in October last year. Being 17 i really tought this was a good job, ok i don't get paid alot but i am doing something i like and not being a bum like most people my age. At the moment i am signed off work and i went to the doctors to be signed off and he asked what i did, i told him and he had this blank look on his face. But this is not just my doctor it is like no one knows what i do in my job and it is starting to piss me off. i just wanted to know what anyone else thinks about this... anyone who works as a web desinger.

thanks for any input. say you "visualize leading edge infrastuctures", got it from the bs maker (http://members.aol.com/matt999h/bull****.htm) (the profanity filter shaved off the end of the url, so type in what you think belons in the ****. I am doing some freelance work now for part time money. I am going to start actually doing the stuff in a month or two, but I am looking at hosting plans (going to buy up some reseller hosting on an Indian server) and I am starting to advertise locally to small businesses that I think can benefit from a website.

[chris9902]

i will be doing the same thing. only i need to finish my business site first.

ps. thanks for the link

[Ray Walker]

Hi

i am a webdesigner and use to take lots of projects of www.onlinelance.com , a good and best of all totaly free of charge site. This brings good income to me. try that you also. O love working from home as a freelancer accepting projects.

The best way for me to work.

Regards
Ray walker

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Ray Walker
Hi

i am a webdesigner and use to take lots of projects of www.onlinelance.com , a good and best of all totaly free of charge site. This brings good income to me. try that you also. O love working from home as a freelancer accepting projects.

The best way for me to work.

Regards
Ray walker You really raised the dead by replying in this thread.

[Poegle]

I want to get money out of making websites,being 17 I have only got college to suck up my time during the day and I have a 3 and a half day week. I know I cant do anything fancy but im sure there are some jobs I can do..wheres the best place to start? Ive had a rummage around www.rentacoder.com but is there anywhere else I should be looking for?

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by Poegle
I want to get money out of making websites,being 17 I have only got college to suck up my time during the day and I have a 3 and a half day week. I know I cant do anything fancy but im sure there are some jobs I can do..wheres the best place to start? Ive had a rummage around www.rentacoder.com but is there anywhere else I should be looking for? It is easy to start your own business if you have a parent sign some legal forms (this is what I saw doing this summer). Then just go around to some local businesses and ask them if they need sites done, give them a pitch about how it would help their business etc.

sourceforge.net and a few other places are out there too.

[Poegle]

Thanks Peo :)

[LiLcRaZyFuZzY]

im wondering how Ray Walker found this 10 months old thread!

btw peo, why sourceforge?

[Stephen Philbin]

Aye. I'm wondering the same thing too. Giving away your work for free doesn't seem very proffitable. :confused:

[PeOfEo]

I had a brain fart... I did not mean source forge. What is that site where it is like a forum but people post jobs they need done and developers will comment on it and give offers... ugh Its on the tip of my tongue. Its not guru....

[Ray Walker]

:)

I dont kno how i found it, it just happend that way,heheh.

LOL

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