Considering a career as a web developer

[JC]

I've worked freelance and at a web design firm in a nearby city and I can tell you that it's definetly not easy. First of all,

Freelance is very random. The money is not consistant so sometimes you are struggling for a new job, other times you are too busy to accept new ones, either way it makes it a juggling act of bills or jobs.

Working for a company usually yields low pay - they know a ton of people know the basic web languages and everyone is dying to get that type of job so you feel like a dime a dozen. I did a 6 month internship at a company ( www.pbhs.com ) and I just got treated like a script junky, like nothing almost.

I'd suggest being very sure about going for this career, it can be very frustrating at times ( although fun and rewarding at others. )

Good luck to you!

[Princeton]

Originally Posted by filburt1

You'll probably be taught C, C++, and assembly. They're also finally getting a clue and teaching Java as well. You may learn useless langauges like Lisp and Prolog, too.

LOL I was forced to learn ADA.

[kobescoresagain]

Yes, it is a joke some of the things that they try to teach. But I understand why, They are trying to lay a foundation for you to learn the basics than when you get a job they expect the business to pay for you to learn more. (Which does happen)

If I was going to decide what to do. I would go security right now

I see even more growth in this area. Especiallly with possible legal actinos down the road for companies that are hacked and user information is leaked. Such as what happened recently with a major credit card company.