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So how much do web designers get paid?
So how much do web designers get paid?
With work experience, a degree and some example work the average grad wage is between 15-20k these days. (thats now, in a couple of years its likely to change obviously).
I'd advise getting a degree. I wouldn't normally give someone an interview who was that age and didn't have one (but thats a personal thing). And then lots of good example work shows you're keen.
But you've got to think... In a couple of years time who won't have a webpage already. Not everyone is going to be wanting a new website every week. It's the same in the US. All these companies making PC's - they're all going pear-shaped because people aren't changing their PC every month. It had to happen eventually. The market will becoming saturated.
If you were asking me for career advice for I'd think more long-term and think about providing longer term web solutions, rather than just designing them...
What does everyone else think?
> Depends on your experience and qualifications.
> I'd advise getting a degree. I wouldn't normally give someone an interview who was that age and didn't have one (but thats a personal thing). And then lots of good example work shows you're keen.
Why? I didn't need a degree? an as far as I know most of my collegues don't have one either? Having a degree doesn't gurantee a job, experience and a proven comercial and personal portfolio is more important...
> But you've got to think... In a couple of years time who won't have a webpage already. Not everyone is going to be wanting a new website every week.
No, but what about support, development etc etc... most clients re-design their sites every 2 years on average...
> If you were asking me for career advice for I'd think more long-term and think about providing longer term web solutions, rather than just designing them...
I agree... XML and content management is the future, and if you wanted to get really @nal, go for usability expert. The market has learned a lot since the dot com bust and boo and are no onger interested in flash whizzy graphical sites, today is about sticky content, understanding, usablity and user experience...
> With work experience, a degree and some example work the average grad wage is between 15-20k these days. (thats now, in a couple of years its likely to change obviously).
Depends on geographical location. As a junior you would start on around 17K (Oxfordshire). In London this can be as high as 20k. I started on 10K over 6 years ago and am now looking at about 25K where I am now... I am concidering going to London where I have been offered a job doing what I do at 45K a year...
All of this wih NO DEGREE and only experience!!
Bizarre, but true.