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BRIEVEOPPOPIP 
Group: Members
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Joined: Apr. 2009
Member Rating: None
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Posted on: Apr. 04 2009,18:58 |
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Hello!
I'm new here. I've been browsing tons of forums for an idea of what to do. I was laid off from my job about 3 month ago. I've been looking for a job since then, but did not even get a single interview. I worked as a web designer for a publishing company for the last 5 years. Looks like www.hexedit.com is an active forum with active members and may be someone has some experience working as a freelance web designer. May be "Questions" category is not the most appropriate for this question, but I want to try anyways to get some opinions before I go ahead with my life. I'm wondering if it is possible in the current economy to find work for a freelance web designer and make enough to pay for rent and groceries. I was able to find a small project on craigslist and I developed a website for a company. It was a small project and took me only a week to complete. I got paid $800 for 1 week of work which is not bad. Please people give me some ideas. I have 2 kids and my wife is out of work as well. Thank you in advance.
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Edited by andrew on Apr. 21 2009,05:54
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andrew
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 635
Joined: Oct. 2003
Member Rating: 4
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Posted on: Apr. 20 2009,22:20 |
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Hi,
Actually, I am in the same boat - I was retrenched a few months ago. The only difference is I have a wife and three kids. My wife and I have been looking for work for more than 2 months. I have not had a single interview, she's had one interview but it came to nothing.
I am taking the opportunity to do a lot more work on HexEdit. One thing I need to do is completely re-design the web site as it basically hasn't changed in 10 years. Drop me an email to aphillips@hexedit.com with a subject like "HexEdit web site" if you have any ideas. Perhaps we could collaborate in some way though I can't pay you to redesign the HexEdit web site, as I feel I can do that myself. I would be willing to pay for some SEO though if you have experience in that.
My advice is to persevere. You have a lot of experience in an area that in my experience is still fairly buoyant.
Note. I realize this is probably bogus and just a link grab but I have given the poster the benefit of the doubt. I will remove it later if there is no reply.
Edited by andrew on Apr. 21 2009,05:55
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