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I really want to work from home and have been considering some type of computer job for some time. I considered web design, programming and so on. I have no training so far in this area, other than some typing skills.
I would like someone to give some advice about what would be the best career to aim for. I want to be able to work from home straight away. I live in the UK.
Can you let me know in what field with computers I can start earning straight away, even if it's a small income. I need something realistic to aim for. Can you let me know that if I trained, would it be realistically possible to work over the internet for a small income?
I look forwward to hearing from you.
There are many other posts that have discussed this idea before. You should check them out.
There are thousands of jobs you can start over the internet for income.
If you look into web design, you will find it is easier than you think. In order to be a successful web designer, you must at least learn HTML. If you are not experienced at all in this field, I would advise that you pickup a beginners guide to creating web pages.
The book I first used when I wanted to learn web design, was called The Idiot's Guide to Creating A Webpage by Paul Mcfedries. I recommend this book if you want a insightful simple beginners guide. You may also want to look around your local book store for additional resources.
Learning to be a web designer takes time. One way to learn it faster, is by going to simple websites (such as a person's personal homepage), and looking at the source code. This will get you to be more familiar will the HTML and javascript world. To look at the source code in the Internet Explorer browser, simply go to View, and then click source.
It is extremely possible that you will recieve a large income over the internet. There is another book that I would recommend to help you choose the business that is right for you. It's called Making Money in Cyberspace: The Inside Information You Need to Start or Take Your Own Business On-Line.
If you do not think web design is for you, you may want to consider other services that does not require you to make or design anything. An example of this is setting up an ebay or likewise business.
To look for even more online jobs, do a search through google. But I would advise you beware of pyramid type offers or get rich quick schemes.
I hope this helps, and best of luck with your new profession!
Thanks for replying and for your advice.
Regards
Working at home can mean working double the hours of a "normal" job it can be very frustrating when one begins. You must prepare to be a fighter to do so. Now if you really like what you do your work is more like leisure so working double hours is just making double fun :)
As for myself, as I said I am willing to form people for free but only if I can see some potential in them: my time is counted also.
If you are not too technical as a profile you should orient yourself towards internet marketing stuff. For example type SEO in yahoo and you will find some tutorials about that.
Some very useful free online tutorials for web design:
[w3schools.com...]
[webmonkey.wired.com...]
You can do some wonderful things with just HTML and CSS, which are both pretty straightforward to learn - and are actually much simpler than they look.
Its perfectly possible to build decent websites using a text editor, but its much faster with a proper package like Dreamweaver. These have the advantage of automating a lot of things like javascript rollovers etc, which can be quite complicated to learn from scratch, as well as letting you see what you're building as you go.
You would probably need some sort of graphics package like photoshop as well. If this isn't your bag, try to find someone into illustration or graphic design to work with.
Eventually you'll need to learn something about databases and scripting languages such as php or asp, but leave that for a while. Concentrate on building static 'brochure' sites to build up your design skills.
If you do it its worth doing it well. Learning from scratch is good - learn to build to the official web standards (www.w3c.org) and concentrate on issues such as usability and accessibility which are fairly hot topics in the UK at the moment.
Good luck
Pete
