Thoughts on Becoming a Web Developer: Skills Needed & Business Considerations

As a full-time, self-employed web developer since 2010 (and having done freelance work since the 90s involving web development / design), I get asked regularly about web development as a profession. I’m usually asked this by those in various other branches of IT work. Questions include: How do I get into it? Is it profitable? Is it easy to get clients? Is it…