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Oct 25 2007, 11:49 PM
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wouldnt the dude who made GMC have something clever to say? summon Dude who made GMC!!!
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Oct 25 2007, 11:54 PM
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wouldnt the dude who made GMC have something clever to say? summon Dude who made GMC!!! Seems like a remarkably long way of saying 'Kris' -------------------- Don't Panic.
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Oct 26 2007, 09:55 AM |
Matt, heres my 2c ...
Firstly, as I understand it, your current work is contract based right? In any case you are working a set number of hours at a set price per hour. Web design if you have the flair for it and approach it the right way could be very different - as a web designer you would be more in a position to quote flat fees for entire jobs. In the IT industry this is a double edged sword - your potential reward is greater but so is your risk. If you are good at what you do, good at scoping it, and good at writing up front agreements of what you will give to the customer for a price, you can reduce the risk to an acceptable level, and earn some good money. For example, if you quote a customer $10 for an entire website (stupid example on purpose!) and it takes you 1 hour to do it because you know the technology, have done a good job of finding out what the customer wants and have given it to him first time around, you earn $10 an hour and move straight on to your next commission. If on the other hand, you quote $10, get it wrong the first 9 times, and only get it right after 10 hours, you make $1 an hour and your next commission has to wait until you are done. What I am saying here is that there is an upside working this way of you have the experience to carry it off - the difference between being a wage slave, and running a successful business. Now, another thing to consider - web design is great, but there is more to it than laying out a site and getting the graphics right. Look at GMC- it has a great design for sure, but behind it is also a lot of programming and database work (courtesy of Henrik!). If you are technically minded (and any guy that can work out netmasks in his head must be!) you can also add this to your skillset, if programming is something that interest you. People that have a flair for design, AND can do the programming and dynamic aspects are rare since these skills don't tend to overlap. For instance, I can put together cunning dynamic web pages until the cows come home, but they look like garbage until I get help from someone who can design... I think you have the potential to do both these things and could make a nice little business out of it! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Oct 26 2007, 08:04 PM |
That's interesting...i was just reading this topic for a while...i thought all IT guys are happy with their job but looks like they are not. I will better stick with guitar to see how far it can get me.
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