to webdesigners out there!! please help!!?

I'm aiming to be a web designer. just joined an institute...I want to do web designing as a profession in future... the following are offered in the 3 month certificate course i'm doing.I'm hoping to get my diploma after getting the certificate... is the following qualifications enough to be a pro at web designing??? Course Contents - Introduction to Internet & E-Commerce - Introduction to HTML - Web page development with HTML - Web page text formatting and tag preparation - Usage of FrontPage - Embedded objects and sounds integration of web page - Dynamic HTML and cascading style sheets - Macromedia Flash & Adobe PhotoShop as Web Design Tools - Web Page Designing using Macromedia Dream Weaver - Java Scripting for the Web Page - Introduction to XML what i would like to know is how much can i earn in average for a month by being a full-time web designer?? should i learn graphic designing in addition to be a proffesional web designer?? what other qualifications would be necessary??? please help me out cos i know absolutely nothing about web designing at the moment..as i only just started my courses...but i'm very keen to learn it though...

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  1. I looked at a job a few months ago, to be a Trainee Web designer, and they were looking at a starting rate of £30,000 a year. :O :O So its pritty good money, you just need to go on Fish4Jobs, or any jobs website to look at jobs in your area.
  2. try to find out from http://webdesign-tip.blogspot.com/
  3. The courses looks good and I'd say they're enough for you to at least find a job in web design. But if you want to be a web developer then try some server-side scripting courses too. I'm not a fan of FrontPage though.
  4. That is just a basic course , you may register at freelance website like http://getafreelnacer.com/ and start bidding for few real life web designing projects posted there, you can easily identify some more things to learn before you can call your self an web designer.
  5. You should take all that qualifications, also to be a pro at web designing you should know basics of php or asp, and good knowledge of adobe flash. Then you can start your job as webdesigner - Junior position but how much it depends of country where you live... I started with 11 euro/ph... IF you want more you should know very good php or asp
  6. I do not have any qualifications at all. i learned everything my self by going to things like http://www.w3schools.com/ and going to forums when i get stuck on things. i now own my own web design busines at http://www.ubldesignes.co.uk and believe i am one of the best designers in the game as i now have over 10 years experience in this industry and knowing just about all internet languages. So my point is if you want to become a web designer you dont need any qualifications if you go on your own but if you want a job just doing web design then you need a little more as this is very competitve these days and as i employ people i know i look for a little more. Try going to this website and take a look at some qualifications that might help you get a job easier. http://koenig-solutions.com/ Hope this helps
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