Going to try something different today guys, a lot of my
readers on here are interested in becoming web designers so I thought I would
share a small article to get you guys started.
For me personally I became a web designer by accident. Yeah that’s right, my whole career started
off by me just needing to pay some bills.
So here is my story.
Like I said I needed to pay some bills and at the time I
didn’t have a job and was still in school studying. I already had some knowledge with photoshop
because I used it in school many times.
So I came across a site online where people were selling banners and
logos for $10-$15. So I posted on that
site and within a few months I had paid off all of my bills and had paid for my
very first holiday abroad to sunny Spain!!!
Now I’m not a graphic designer, and the logos created were
poor in my opinion, but my clients loved them, so that’s all ways good. I saw that on the job board that the
developers were the real rock stars, so I began to learn development.
I watched the same youtube videos over and over again, and
eventually I could make a static html site with an external css style
sheet. Crazy how long that took me to
learn, but eventually I was hooked.
From there I went to college/university to study software
engineering. While in college I carried
on freelancing, and on completion of my college course I was hired by a digital
marketing company in wales. I worked
there for over a year and a half, working on small business websites to major
brand names in the south wales area.
After a little while I decided that I would like to work for
myself and began putting together a small team of people to work with. Now I have started my own web development
firm that specialises in responsive, easy to use, fast and search engine
friendly websites. The company is a web design in wales company that helps small business get online.
I hope that helps, any questions, let me know below.
