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Aspiring web developer

  • 07-05-2011 12:31am
    #1
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭


    So how does an aspiring web developer make some extra money over summer? I'm studying computer science so I've become fairly fluent in XHTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL.

    Thing is, I'm terribad at photoshop, so I'm literally just looking at the development side of things. However I'd be eager to learn if I only knew where to begin! :)

    My apologies if I've posted this in the wrong section or haven't referred to a prior thread..


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  • #2
    techguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭techguy


    Hey Danger,

    Try out the likes of elance.com and guru.com. You can work as a freelancer there.

    I've done a few jobs on there. I started off bidding very little and won a few jobs. Then as I my ratings/earnings improved I was able to be a bit more speculative with my bids.

    I've also learned that you must write absolutely loads in the proposal to be taken seriously.. You won't just get away with telling the employer your name, skills, cost etc.

    My approach is to break down the job description into a few parts and give an answer/solution to each part. Mention the technologies you plan on using etc.

    Also, you typically limited to 10 proposals per month. This is fairly restrictive, if you have lot's of free time you may want to upgrade your account to premium, where you can get like 100 proposals or something per month. Costs about $30 p.m. But if you have lot's of time and are creative with your proposals you should definitely win some good jobs.

    Also, I suggest you learn a framework, something like CodeIgniter is great as it will let you throw together apps in a short time.

    What's your experience, what year are you in at the moment??


  • #3
    Danger781
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,692 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Thanks for the response!

    Currently finishing my first year. I've been doing pretty well all year in my programming module. All we have done is XHTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL.

    This is my end of year assignment:
    http://cs1.ucc.ie/~lm6/cs1109/lab18/
    Everything done through SQL and PHP.

    As you can see it doesn't really look all that great :o I took a look at one of those freelance sites, and the majority of the jobs seemed very advanced..

    From what I can see I would need to learn about CMS, JavaScript and Website Design to stand a chance? I reckon I might also need to become a bit more advanced in PHP..

    Thanks :)


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