There are lots of people using computers and the internet, but not very many that actually seem to.. know what they're doing XD
I get lots of people asking me to make them websites, troubleshoot things, or even make them a layout for MySpace.. I don't charge them, since they're my friends, but I imagine quite a few people would pay for services like this ^^
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Posted 09 March 2011 - 06:26 PM
Hi there, I know this is an old thread but just wanted to add my two cents'. There's a huge demand for web developers, both designers and programmers. I make over 500 US dollars per day doing it, day in day out. I didn't study it formally; I just played around with my girlfriend's computer, got hooked into learning to write computer programs and after about a year got a job doing it.
Mind you now I've been doing it for 13 years and am sick to the back teeth of the insides of offices. So I'm trying to start my own business (www.caveofprogramming.com is my new site - shameless plug!).
If I was starting all over again, I'd be much more 'pro-active' from the start in setting up my own website and attempting to get pieces of business here and there rather than massive contracts or normal jobs. You'd get much more freedom that way. I once worked from a flat in Tuscany, Italy, which was great!!! Now I'm going to Budapest to try to make a living online from there. At the moment dealing with customers directly is pretty much a sealed book to me -- you get institutionalized in offices!
Anyway before I start rambling ... basically just try to make websites or learn programming, whichever floats your boat, and keep trying to do it till you get good. Then either set up your own site and try to get customers via SEO, adverts etc, or else go to a job board like jobserve.com and apply for jobs like crazy on there. Eventually someone will hire you if you're any good at all. There are a lot of people in this business who are rubbish and they still get work. Demand is ferocious and scarcely dampened (yet!) by the economic crisis.
Mind you now I've been doing it for 13 years and am sick to the back teeth of the insides of offices. So I'm trying to start my own business (www.caveofprogramming.com is my new site - shameless plug!).
If I was starting all over again, I'd be much more 'pro-active' from the start in setting up my own website and attempting to get pieces of business here and there rather than massive contracts or normal jobs. You'd get much more freedom that way. I once worked from a flat in Tuscany, Italy, which was great!!! Now I'm going to Budapest to try to make a living online from there. At the moment dealing with customers directly is pretty much a sealed book to me -- you get institutionalized in offices!
Anyway before I start rambling ... basically just try to make websites or learn programming, whichever floats your boat, and keep trying to do it till you get good. Then either set up your own site and try to get customers via SEO, adverts etc, or else go to a job board like jobserve.com and apply for jobs like crazy on there. Eventually someone will hire you if you're any good at all. There are a lot of people in this business who are rubbish and they still get work. Demand is ferocious and scarcely dampened (yet!) by the economic crisis.
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