Loretta Said:

Career ladder for a web developer?

We Answered:

The Web Developer family supports campus business processes by participating in the needs analysis, specification, acquisition, design, development and maintenance of Web-based information services. They report to the Associate Director or Manager, MIS. The Web Developer family includes a progression of five steps from entry level (Web Developer I) to the most senior level (Project Leader II). New members to the Web Developer family will be hired into levels that are commensurate with their experience and educational background. Incumbents can progress to higher levels as their responsibilities, on-the-job experience and skill levels increase over time.

Stacey Said:

I Want to change my career from web designer/developer to marketer in short time, any suggestions?

We Answered:

You may want to look for a job in Interactive Marketing which combines web development and marketing (it's the function that manages a company's web page). This function is usually in the Marketing dept and would be a good bridge to getting you into marketing.

Danny Said:

at 46 Should I change my career to Web Developer or MS Administrator?

We Answered:

Web Developer may entail much more than you anticipate.
HTML is just the tip of the iceburg. To be a web developer you will also need to learn CSS, php, MySQL, JavaScript and a photoediting program. Thankfully all of those things are free.
If you decide to get serious as a developer Here is your map.
Learn HTML like the back of your hand, next once you fully understand HTML start learning CSS it is easy and will make your HTML lighter and make it easier to change all pages on a website. At this point you probably will want to make your website a little more interactive, this is where JavaScript comes in you can make your pages interact with the user.
All of those can be done with notepad. Use your current job as a tool, read about those things plan out websites at work and actually create them when you get home.
OK so now you have everything you need to make a functional front-end website, time to start learning what goes on behind the scenes (server side) Download a program called WAMP (assuming you are working on a windows-based computer) This will install Apache server, php and MySQL along with some great tools. Learn to use phpMyAdmin (comes with WAMP) and you will be able to create databases easily and quickly.

At this point you can make full-fledged websites for people again, keep your day job and ask friends if they have any needs for websites for cheap. Ask your friends for referrals as well. When you no longer have enough time for both web design and your day job, hire help (one person only). Once there is too much work for both of you, quit your day job.

Good Luck.

On the administrative side it's really boring but the pay is decent, someone else will have to give you the pros and cons of that.