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Originally Posted by mreine
Am I missing something about today's society?
When I was 14, 15, 17... I had WAAAAY more better things to do then start a business. Don't you have something better to do then spend 40 hours a week designing crappy websites? If you had shown us something remotely decent, I would say continue on, but you show us that, COME ON!!!!
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This is rather over the top. I started programming at age 7... some call me a natural but guaranteed for sure I was **** when I started out... but not for long..... 25 years of programming later..
Mreine, may I please ask that you try to be a little more encouraging... age is not a factor... the results of any new beginner would be similar and I put it to you that had this guy been 20, you would have reacted a little differently.
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Originally Posted by mreine
Call me an unsupportive jerk, but I'm tired of seeing these kids waste thier childhood. There will plenty of time to grow up after highschool. Play around with your web designing and have fun with it, but stop trying to start a business based on knowledge learned in 8th grade for piss sakes.
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In contrast to my comments above, I have to agree with this point to a degree. Apex, there is no harm in playing around with websites and development and even making a bit of money on the side, but you have a way to go in order to cope with the complexities of a business. Skills such as customer service, pricing analysis, management, people skills, tact (some of us older folk lack this too
), professionalism and lets not forget standards driven results with a focus on the customer needs. All of these skills nessesary for a design business cannot possibly be in your repotage at your age.
Keep it up, but take a step back... otherwise you'll burn out before your 16.... take the seriousness away from it... enjoy and learn.
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Originally Posted by mreine
Any company who would hire a 14 year old to do their website, just to save money, is pretty low and taking advantage. And you say you have 3 already? Sad Sad Sad! And now you have no clue what your doing and expect everyone on here to educate you through the entire process?
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Mreine, companies who hire developers in india are also taking advantage.... and let me tell you that lots of them are no older than 14 and thats a definite fact. I think the point you make here therefore is irrelevant. At 14 for instance, I was programming in Cobol, C and Pascal and not shabbily either. Apex, people pay for results.... I'm just a little concerned IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE that you may not be able to deliver in a timely manner what your clients are expecting. We dont mind helping you, but from such an early starting point in your development dont be suprised if we just point you to good books to get the basics down pat.
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Originally Posted by mreine
Help here and there is one thing, but sounds like somebody is going to have to do it all for you. Why should you get paid for their work? What am I missing here?
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Mreine, thats a rather negative assumption to make....
I learned
HTML in a few days....
I learned
ASP very quickly... in one week.. partly because I've known standard BASIC for 20+ years but still fast.
Apex..... kids (no offence) learn extremely fast and I wouldnt be suprised if you learned faster than I did with the right mind set and dedication.... you just need to knuckle down and get some real knowledge FAST. Dont bother trying to get people to do the bulk of this for you.... if you do, then you may as well quit now because you wont learn anything. Act like a sponge and soak up some knowledge quickly if you are truly serious about this, but regardless.... i do think you should slow down some.
Hope this helps.