help, im suffocated by the boss! lol

[simpletouch]

yeah your ryte!

im just back from the local collage in my area, im thinkin about starting a night course on web design, only problem is the course started in sept 07 so i have missed out alot if i start now! my luck is ill pay the fee and on the first class, the tutor wil say '' *cough* and thats how you create an entyre website'' lol

im keepin it all on the QT at work,

basically i need to get my name out there, everyday i keep comin up with new ideas to make it on my own but im, weel im scared of takin the wrong steps.

[blueocto]

Just keep a journal for your ideas, so you can make scribbles and such. Then when it comes to doing something big, you've already got he research lol

Bear in mind that, if you are being paid for work that you produce, you must register as Self-Employed with HM Revenue and Customs within 3 months of being 'ready for work' (not from the date you get paid).

[simpletouch]

[/quote] Bear in mind that, if you are being paid for work that you produce, you must register as Self-Employed with HM Revenue and Customs within 3 months of being 'ready for work' (not from the date you get paid).[/quote]

ummm i dnt like that name 'hm revenue' does that include now as im doin a design or 2 for people?? last thing i want is to get in trouble for doin something not by the books!

[zumojuice]

yes yes Caroline! Tax, tax, tax! God knows what would happen if the taxman didn't get my money to waste on stupid courtcases and other rubbish.....

But yes, she has a valid point to keep it 'legit'. The fact is, if you make a mistake, you learn from it and move on. There is no right and wrong way really, just more likely and less likely. A great idea, with no planning and thought will go bust, just as much as a crap idea with loads.

If you're serious about it once everything is in place, you could do worse than to try a incubator?

[LeadMagnet]

That's a good point. It is far easier to start working on your own stuff while still having a job than from nothing. Obviously keep it quiet at work, you don't want to get sacked if you r boss things you'll leave.

Can they do that? Isn't that unfair dismissal?

[simpletouch]

umm im not sure but i know that they would treat you different, give less respect that type of thing. best to keep shhhuuussh on the topic at owrk lol

[zumojuice]

Well it is and it's not. That was the impression I got from the last job. The attitude of 'no point in investing 4 months in you, if you'll then leave'. I could have appealed, but then they might have made me keep the job.

It is more how they treat you. If they treat you bad as a good employee, imagine how much worse it can get when you're not loyal anymore?

[simpletouch]

you have a point

i really just what to become someone, rather that the guy that works 9-5 in a photo hut lol aka snappysnaps lol

ever feel this way?? i want to make a differance but through design!

[zumojuice]

My stepsister works part time in a snappysnaps while temping for a photographer in Leeds. If that is you job, then you have a great backbone job from which to let other things come into place. Ok, it's not relevant to a role, but that could be a bonus for you as they won't care what you do when you don't work.

From the above, you seem to have a interest in web design, ya? And you just want to brush up and improve your skills already there?

[simpletouch]

My stepsister works part time in a snappysnaps while temping for a photographer in Leeds. If that is you job, then you have a great backbone job from which to let other things come into place. Ok, it's not relevant to a role, but that could be a bonus for you as they won't care what you do when you don't work.

From the above, you seem to have a interest in web design, ya? And you just want to brush up and improve your skills already there?

'yes ans no' lol yes to the snappysnaps part and no the the brush up and improve on the web part lol

in snappysnaps i use photoshop everyday, doin popart, photo restoration, etc getting a good experiance with it, and the web part, i am interested in web design but it all complicates me, lol i wouldnt know were to start and were to end such as, hosts, domains, setting it up, etc the only part i can do is the designin bit lol