Web Designer Career: Professionals Please help me
I am 24 years old and I really want to start a career in web design.
Ever since I got into it last year, I've really developed a passion for it.
It is one of those things I can do all day long and the day would really just fly by.
The thing I am worried about is that I don't know what I need. I want to get a job as a web designer first, and not so much free lancing. Maybe free lancing a little bit on the side.
The problem is, I live in Vancouver, BC in Canada and every web design program here is a certificate program (1 year program). It's not even a 2 year diploma or a 4 year degree.
It will be hard to get a job with only a certificate. Not only that, but the biggest schools that offer these programs are mostly all online programs.
Are these even worth doing? Having the certificate on my resume I'm sure will help land me a job. But I know that I am pretty much paying 6 thousand dollars for the credential and not so much the learning. If I have the same portfolio regardless of if I have the certificate or not, will having that web design certificate on my resume make a difference when finding a job?
The learning I can do all by myself from excellent free sources on the internet.
Is there anything else you can tell me, like advice?
I finally found something I really want to do, but there are a lot of doubts on whether I have what it takes to build myself up higher than the other thousands of designers out there.
I see that there are a lot of professionals in this forum and I hope somebody could give me some advice.
Thank you all, and have a great day.
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