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08-14-05, 09:57 PM
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Anyone do design or development full-time? Anyone planning to get there? Anyone even believe it's possible, these days? Love to hear your thoughts on this!
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08-16-05, 07:23 AM
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I only do it part-time right now but my future plans are to go full time and open my own business. I am currently working on an Associates in Applied Business that combines programming and dev with business administration and marketing. I am hoping that combined with my work experience will put me on top...somewhere.  |
08-20-05, 04:17 PM
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I do it as a hobbie thats it, I can't do it full time, still in school.
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08-28-05, 11:39 PM
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I'm not sure whether I'll be able to do it full time. I'm trying to learn more at the moment, so I'm waiting a bit before seriously getting into it. Anyway, web design and/or web programming isn't my career of choice. I'm actually aiming to get a biochemistry degree at the moment. (However, that's still in a very risky phase.) And, I try to somehow connect my interests and knowledge in the best way possible.
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08-31-05, 09:41 PM
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If you develope a succesful designing buisness, and targeting the right crowd with the money to get it done, it can be VERY successful, good luck!
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02-22-06, 04:04 PM
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| | Re: Designing full-time
I was working an year as fulltime designer. but now I am back into the radio and I just love it. I am still designing, but in my spare time
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02-22-06, 04:29 PM
| | DNL Founder/Moderator DNLodge Staff | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: USA
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Well if you charge more than normal.. like $2000+ per client, It would be good I think.. but I don't know who would pay for stuff that high.
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02-25-06, 05:53 AM
| | DNL Junkie | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Romania
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$2000+ per client? In Romania? :D
People still give you weird looks when you're asking for 200 :D
I was at a firm, couldn't yet start my own since I don't have the money now ..
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02-25-06, 09:17 AM
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:smile: You'd have to design for big businesses I guess. <aybe I just don't know what I'm taking about :smile:
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05-16-06, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ohio_webmaster I only do it part-time right now but my future plans are to go full time and open my own business. I am currently working on an Associates in Applied Business that combines programming and dev with business administration and marketing. I am hoping that combined with my work experience will put me on top...somewhere. | Let me join you up when you do that business.
I am only a part time designer now, so far, not too much money. I've stopped for a bit now. Just got an offer to redesign RAPBATTLES.com |
05-16-06, 04:39 PM
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That post was made like the month dnlodge was created. |
05-17-06, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Brandon That post was made like the month dnlodge was created. | Geez... sorry. This whole thread was made almost a year ago. Sorry again. Maybe we can restart this thread. |
05-17-06, 01:58 PM
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No problem, the main reason for pointing it out is just that the person you quoted hasn't been around for a very long time. We all forget to look at the dates of the posts sometimes, its all good.
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09-02-06, 07:10 PM
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depends if you have the quality and the name. Those 2 things will be your headway. I personally wouldn't make it a living, too rough nowdays.
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09-03-06, 01:27 AM
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I am going to be headed that way soon. But my husband bring home the bacon so really I can afford to have bad months since anything I bring home is extra.
But if it were not for him there is probably no way I could ever get started on my own.
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09-24-06, 08:34 AM
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I, like a few others, design as a hobby and I'm not planning to go into it. I think webdesigning is very risky, since there are so many people out there looking towards that (especially in Asia). Thus, I'm going more into the biochemistry field.
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