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I gained experiance doing this though, and i began understanding more and more... websites, and how i could eventually build my own and profit off it.
After lurking around in this forum for about 2 months i have now discovered how to make my 10 hours of labor a week (potentially) alot more worth my time. I say "potentially" because i have yet to find the time to implement my knowladge into a website. I do however have a niche and the know how to launch articles for it. I came to college, thinking i would be an artist, now i find myself doodling on sheets of paper the hiearchy of the site i have in mind.
The point of this article is to dictate a part of my motivation. My job sucked so bad it made me look at other options.
anyone else out there discover this kind of stuff the same way?
I do believe I am now at the end of my rope
When you're at the end of your rope, the best thing to do is start climbing.....
In retrospect, all of the endings in my life turned out to be the best things that happened to me. What came after was indeed better. Unfortunately, they didn't seem so at the time, it seemed like the world was ending. :-)
And just as an opinion whoever you're working for deserves to move his operation to a third world country, $10/hour is slave labor!
And just as an opinion whoever you're working for deserves to move his operation to a third world country, $10/hour is slave labor!
Just curious, but what do you think a job like that should pay?
Ohhh man I just knew someone was going to have something to say about that. Before it comes up, please no flames about "third world country," I probably should have said "underdeveloped nation," I am just not patient with P.C. terms, sorry. No derogatory comment intended in any case. :-)
Okay, website said "backwater USA". I live in one of these communities. Nowadays if you're not cutting at least $15-$20 hour, you're supplementing your income with social programs to squeeze by. Even in my economically depressed area, the only jobs that dip to $10 or below are food service industry jobs and such.
have any of you had to go in the hole in order to make money?
The only thing that happened was that I realized I NEVER want to have a crappy job EVER (Whether at Best Buy or assoicate manager of operations for mega-corp Inc.). This has motivated me even more to work towards my PHD and work on my site so I could pay for my education.
Ohhh man I just knew someone was going to have something to say about that.
You read too much into my question. It really was just a curious inquiry - I never went to school for web design, it just kind of happened one day at my print-based job. I am still trying to get an idea of what my newfound skills are worth.
it just kind of happened one day at my print-based job. I am still trying to get an idea of what my newfound skills are worth.
Funny you mention it - that's exactly how I got into this business, I used to be a drum scanner operator/network/DTP tech at a relatively large (for our "backwater" area) printing company. Lots of late nights and motivation got me into it full-time.
have any of you had to go in the hole in order to make money?
It depends how much time you have. Except for webhosting and domain registration, (which in my case comes out to about $.50/day) I haven't paid anything. Everything I needed, scripts, software, .htaccess routines, content, I have either written myself, found open source software or modified examples found on this and other forums. It takes some development cycles but at least it is techincaly free (I would charge my clients $50/hour). If you don't have the time you can pay someone or barter for the same stuff. After 3 months I am now making at least $.50/day and have plans to grow that number 10 times by June.
Zulufox, where are you going to college?
I am lucky and my parents are paying for my undergrad AND send me extra money for food and board. But when I graduate in a year I am on my own.
This means that I have one year to get my revenue to a level I can live off while I do go for my PHD.
My plan is simple, after finals I will buckle down and work full time to build the largest and best site I can in one year. I am only doing a tiny internship in the summer and next year I have a very light schedule of classes so I can dedicate and push myself to expand and enhance my site during this last year of living under my parent’s financial umbrella.
My goal is that in one year my site will be (1) earning more than $100 a day ($100 is the minimum) from a diverse set of keywords, (2) provide a stable revenue stream (mainly from affiliates like CJ.com instead of Adsense), (3) and have 3 months of living expenses saved up in a special bank account.
If I meet my goal I can work on my PHD full time without the need for a real job (scholarships and loans will pay for school itself) and the PHD will put me in reach for the types of job I want to do.
Thats the plan anyway...
