Hey Everyone,
I’ve read quite a few messages from various forums and I’ve seen a common thread in them all. A dependence on an employer for your living. I too have fallen into this trap even though our culture emphasizes self-employment.
I’ve been in IT for a number of years and feel that no matter how much I learn, and excel in my career I am still at the mercy of my employer. So, I have decided to break free and set out on a bold
quest to acquire knowledge and skills to open an online business. Beyond the requirements of finding a suitable product/service to sell, a certain level of technical skills is required in order for it to blossom. I am not interested in paying someone to build a site and manage it when I know I have the technical capabilities to do it myself. I see this as positive in two ways. One, Learn the necessary skills in order to advance my career in IT by specializing in web development/database administration, and two advance my cause of breaking free from corporate America. I know this may sound far fetched, but in order to dream big you need to think big.
So the question I ask to all, what technologies you think is most important to learn when developing a website for commercial purposes. I am by trade a network administrator and already well rounded in the realm of networks, hardware and software configurations, troubleshooting, planning and design. To start the discussion, I have already thought about learning PHP, MYSQL, HTML.
Thanks to all for your much needed input!
