Website Design Career

[mwerte]

I know a few web devs that all make good money. Some specialize in design of websites, the user interface and how it looks. Some specialize in the database coding that makes it run, some specialize in making sure the servers that power those websites are up and running, and some do a mix of all of those.

Start with TML/CSS, and add PHP when you're comfortable with those. It would also be a good idea to set up a LAMP server, either as another computer in your house or a virtual machine. That way you can 'host' your websites for yourself (don't open them up to the outside world) and play around with a server and get some experience there.

Here's the fun thing about most IT jobs, and web design is no exception. You can do it in whatever way suits you best. Want to work a 9 to 5 at a big corporation? They need web devs. Want to work at a small/medium enterprise? They need web devs. Want to work for a consulting firm with lots of different clients? They need web devs. Want to go full freelance and set your own clients? That is also possible.

Check out http://www.codecademy.com/ and http://w3schools.com/ for some good tutorials.

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