Getting further into Web Design

[HollyThirtyFive]

After doing my beginner Open Uni web design course I've decided when I get back from travelling to work really hard on the higher Web Design courses untill I'm confident enough to become independent/gain employment with my skills.

Also my boyfriend wants to learn some too and we have an idea to eventually run a business from it (this is of course un predictable but something we would both like to work on)

I was wondering if anyone here is a web designer/developer by profession, how they started, learnt, how long it took etc just to gain advice on what direction I should head in :-)

I've begun to teach myself Flash Pro as I know it will be a big help (but a while before I become good at it lol)

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