I've spent a fair while creating sites, I think i'm pretty good at it considering i'm self taught. However, I couldn't get a job as a web-designer.
As it happens, I quit my job recently - A went to University to studying computing. It's teaching me the elements of design and system analysis (and understanding what your customer wants) that I couldn't achieve by teaching myself.
Even though I know about Databases, I'm now learning the concept of data and information - and realising the planning and intergration of a database is more than just opening mySQL and creating a few tables. To get a job in the industry, it is more than just creating a nice web page with a few nice features.
It's about understanding the process of business, from the second you walk through your clients door, to the day they are satisifed with what you create.
I'm also doing a CCNA. That's giving me a completely different insight to web design from the side of the hardware and the actual infrastructure of how the net, or any LAN, runs.....
It's a big area out there mate - research it, choose your topic or area of interest, then go for it, learn everything about it... but there is a hell of a lot of work to do to be good and earn lots of money :D
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