Web Design; I need money

guX

Hey.

Right, basically, I'm a web designer/PHP programmer, and I need money. I'm fifteen and in school and stuff, so I can't really get much of a job. There are people on this forum who've designed websites for companies and stuff (for money) before, right? I'm just wondering, do you come to them, or do they come to you? How do you attract "business", so to speak?

Thanks in advance.

daryllsheridan

No expert myself but id say a good way to start would be not to tell your age and show a link to your work portfolio

H3LLg0d

daryllsheridan wrote:

No expert myself but id say a good way to start would be not to tell your age and show a link to your work portfolio

good point

ps I do work for people on scriptlance and tell the im 35 even though im 25:D
and self thought

Liam Byrne

"self thought" ????? Does that mean that you think for yourself ?

Everyone "needs" money, and everyone advertises their skills and gets referrals - business is a combination of both.

Best option is to put a portfolio online and let people see what you're capable of - age and everything else doesn't matter if you can deliver the goods.

Laslo

I got the game of Operation for a Christmas present off my uncle Ted. I wonder can I make a few extra Euros at the weekend by doing open heart surgery? :rolleyes:

mick.fr

guX wrote:

Hey.

Right, basically, I'm a web designer/PHP programmer, and I need money. I'm fifteen and in school and stuff, so I can't really get much of a job. There are people on this forum who've designed websites for companies and stuff (for money) before, right? I'm just wondering, do you come to them, or do they come to you? How do you attract "business", so to speak?

Thanks in advance.

Are you good at designing tables and querying MySQL Databases to do stuffs like Unreal Tournament stats
http://ut2004stats.epicgames.com/

If so show me an example of what you can do with the DB of your choice (Has to be MySQL 4.x) and I will get you a job.

mneylon

Laslo wrote:

I got the game of Operation for a Christmas present off my uncle Ted. I wonder can I make a few extra Euros at the weekend by doing open heart surgery? :rolleyes:

Evil

Seanie M

blacknight wrote:

Evil

But quite funny all the same!

grahamor

guX wrote:

How do you attract "business", so to speak?

Do a website for a friend or relative, do it really well and you might end up getting a few more jobs because you did a good job on that one.

Thats how i started and i have not been out of nixers since. It's just about getting a name for yourself.

Also, learn emerging technologies (like AJAX and JSAN stuff) , show it off on your site and you never know who might contact you asking for something similar.

Hope it helps.

kjt

Laslo wrote:

I got the game of Operation for a Christmas present off my uncle Ted. I wonder can I make a few extra Euros at the weekend by doing open heart surgery? :rolleyes:

lol