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NO, don't do it.
I'm being dead serious.
It's 2016, becoming a web designer in this era is just a risky as opening a rental VCR/DVD store.
Web designer is dead. It's no longer a career.
Back in the day, like 10 years ago...it was very typical to see web designers making $100,000 or even close to or around $200,000 a year.
Why? because small business owners used to pay $3,000+ for a professionally done website. You could charge $100-$200 just to update a website for your clients too.
Fast forward today... Weebly, WIX, Wordpress, those DIY website can create a professional grade website for much less. Like $12.50/month website maintenance fee and $20 for new account + domain name.
You do not need to know HTML code like back in the day. Also, they will offer top grade security, professional online marketing strategy advice, anything to make web designers obsolete.
Any small business owner will tell you that you're fucking idiot if you're hiring a web designer.
The only people who still hire web designers are old people who can't even use computer properly.
You can argue there might be some kind of web designing job out there for big corporations or government, but realistically, small business web design was a bread and butter for web designers back in the day.
Web designers are no longer making 6 figure salaries. You'll be lucky if you make $20k a year. Number of web designers are decreasing. There's no market demand for web designers. They're starving and struggling to find a job.
Do not take my word for it. Do your own research, talk to people who are in the industry. You will learn pretty damn quickly that web designer is a career of past.
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