Web Design & Development

[newbman]

I was looking through my high school regristration booklet and it had special college programs. There was a list of entry-level career options and learning them. Web Designer was under it! Is web design/ development generally considered an entry-level job?

[Brendon Branigin]

i think i would consider a job that requires use of html, tables and dreamweaver entry level. but the second they start throwing php/css/sql etc into the mix then i would quickly consider it a higher end position.

[aspnetguy]

All jobs at some point are entry level.You will find as you do research that it will be very hard to secure a good web design/development job without 3-5 years experience meaning you are a the Entry Level of experience and must work your way up.

[Brendon Branigin]

question on that, where does a freelancer fall into that "x amount of years exp". If the freelancer has been doing web design/development for 3 years under his own company does that mean he has 3 years exp when he goes to apply for a job in a web design/development firm? or does it mean he has 0 because he hasnt ever worked for in a multi person company?

[boen_robot]

question on that, where does a freelancer fall into that "x amount of years exp". If the freelancer has been doing web design/development for 3 years under his own company does that mean he has 3 years exp when he goes to apply for a job in a web design/development firm? or does it mean he has 0 because he hasnt ever worked for in a multi person company?

Most companyes want a CV when you apply for a job. You can easily say "x ears of experience. A detailed list of previous clients could be found at www.yoursite.com/portfolio. Some of them include:..."So, a freelancer is judged by his/her work, not by what he/she points as a years of experience and a web design worker is judged by the number of years.