Also prepare a simple project plan that shows your progress, completed items and outstanding items, that way, your manager gets a visual report that shows how adding new features slows down the project.

These sorts of reports will also help him realize why building a software application is a complex, time consuming activity

By other word, he likes to have his website full of every thing and he does not know anything to put in there.

Dhaifullah Alkhaldi
KFSHRC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Just make sure that your skills are well-rounded and that take the time to polish or perfect them and then create a portfolio to showcase your skills.

Learn another creative web designing tool like Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite.

Learn HTML5

Learn CSS

Learn a JavaScript framework like Jquery, Ajax, etc.

Learn a web development language like PHP and ASP.NET

Learn a database platform like MySQL or SQL Server.

Be more concerned about learning these skills than getting a job because it is these skills that will get you hired, easily!

If you spend most of your time worrying about the job then you will not have the time or presence of mind to learn the skills that will actually get you hired!

Finally, build a portfolio that shows your skills through taking freelance jobs and you will get the web-design job that you really want!

I have no college degree but attended a vo-tech school in high school, an received a certificate in Dream Weaver CS4, and Weeb development, an am quite knowledgeable in computer Networking as well, which I took in High School.

You will need a marketing plan that defines how you will sell your products (twitter, facebook, google adwords, blogging) and how you will price your products (based on competitive analysis or marketing research).

You will also need strong marketing skills and strong project manageemnt skills.

Getting web development or programming skills may be the easiest hurdle … so do not think that the rest of your business will be as easy as learning programming or web development.

Click here to read this post on how to start a freelance programming or web business for more information

I have taken some basic html courses that I have never gotten to really use…

My goal is to be able to design and sell educational software that is accessed as a school online.

I guess I need to have software development and webdesign as a background…

I just dont know where to start and what I would need to obtain my goal can any one help me ?

Thanks for the perceptive note.

Would you be surprised that I’ve worn several hats in my professional life … one of which was as a Networking / Data Communications Specialist?

That was in the good days of Novell Netware 3.x, Lotus CC: Mail and the very early days of the Internet

Networking as a career has a lot of good prospects. I have worked and interacted with IT Managers and Directors who seem to me to be promoted more from the Network Engineer Ranks than the Software Developer or Business Analyst Ranks.

Again, this is strictly my personal observation … as I haven’t done a statistical study or anything like that ..

However it seems that IT Managers and Directors tend to be promoted more from the Networking Ranks … because of the scope of responsibility commonly associated with these positions.

From a CEO’s perspective, the Network Engineer may be a better chice for an IT Director or Manager because they are responsible for:

1. Corporate Communications Equipment including Telephone Switches, Routers, Hubs, Email Servers, High Speed Internet Connections (T1 Lines, etc.)

2. Servers, Intra-network, Local Area Networks (LANs), Wide Area Networks (WANs), etc. This includes oversight for hundreds or perhaps thousands of computers on the Corporate Network

The total cost of all these hardware, plus the cost and responsibility of managing and monitoring them goes to the Network Engineers.

Because the C-Level Officers (CEOs, COOs), etc. are used to seeing the Network Engineers manage so much valuable hardware infrastructure, they are seen as natural choices for IT Management.

So, Network Engineers have a bright future.