i sat down to think in my room, there are basically 98% of people into the Web Development even though it is saturated with quacks, but no doubt the Good Ones Exist it got me thinking we can't be creating web applications for ever,so i like to ask myself and you could also, in the next 5years or 6 years to come do you still see yourself in the web Development game and if so what aspect, will it be the regular Contact Websites or creating Web Services and such, just thought i throw this question to to you and to me.take care and God Bless

Interesting question, well, i think the solution is to step up your game - so you dont stay static for the next 5 years.

If you really love what you do, you will do it from "cradle to grave", or at least till you reach retirement age. And this covers a situation where you are "big" enough to stop coding and hire people to do it for you. If you are setting a 5-6-or whatever time frame, chances are that you are in it for the money and not the passion, IMHO.

Now, if you ask me where I see web dev in Naija over the next 5-6 years, just as I said in 2005 on here, I will say it again - based on what I am seeing at random, web dev will remain lucrative for the next 20 years (In 2005, I said 20 years but I am upgrading it to another 20 years). Reasons:

1) The El cheapos will drop by the way side, allowing the cream to rise to the top
2) Clients will become more aware of the crap that they have and demand better service
3) Clients will suddently realise that to attract the best, they will pay better.

The web market in nigeria is still very young and growing fast. Me plan is to develop an online solution/service and build a business around it. It is the ultimate job. You work few hours, code and drink beer and play PS3 to relax. In the next couple of years it will be so and it starts now. I won't develop web application for people, i will develop web solutions/services and earn recurring income. The guys at www.plentyoffish.com get up to 1 billion page views monthly and make up to $10 million annually. That is what am working towards.      

If you really love what you do, you will do it from "cradle to grave"

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Askphantom just hit the nail cuz am looking beyond web applications but solutions obviously i know web dev is still young but whats more important is upgrading to an advanced aspect of web development.anyway thanx for your contribution.

What is the difference b/w web application and web solution? Doesn't an application, at the end of the day, provide a solution?

Someone, educate me please.

@lolz - very good question you posted here.

Error i was going to mention reducing developing simple website as compared to web applicarion.they both mean the same. Reason why i asked this is cuz i havent seen an advanced app except kolejo.so am just asking this question just to make a resolve in order to step up my game just like askphantom said,

i asked madam yawa a simlar question yesterday. She gave me a good answer!

hmm, nitation, why you leave your wife now, with 4 pikins to boot?

Yeah lots of individuals have messed the wep biz. The is still hope of making mega bucks if your can create sumtin different and yeful

@Yawa, you forgot about me now after our first dinner you decided to pull all those stunts. Anyway, i enjoyed those lips certainly. Back with all force from the atlanta ship, can they beat that?

@nitation and yawa , no comment

@nitation
where ve you been?

@yawa,
e ya, pele.

@poster,
In the next five years, I'll still be a developer. but I'll ve top up my skills, develop applications that provides solutions.

Definately a boss by then, controlling and handling big projects even outside the shores of this country.


- SAFE.

I think every serious web developer will ask him/herself this question one time.
well its best to understand why we ask ourselves this question.

I'll focus on two points that I think are the root cause:

1) Tired of working on projects without getting paid what you really deserve since
the QUACKS have saturated the market and diluted the PRICES.

2) Working on a project without knowing when the next project will come, and for
you to get one you need to compromise on the PRICE so that the quacks don't beat
you cause all they compete on is the PRICE.

Well after thinking about this it dawned on me that I can't change the market and if
I need to do what I love to do and still pay my bills I need to change my mindset
and how I play in this game (web development).

So what did I do,
I picked a couple of the so called quacks in my location trained them well and
employed them. (If you can't beat them join them or at least let them join you)

This way I can concentrate on building my business by looking for more clients
since I now have more time on my hands and fewer quacks to compete with.

THE MORAL OF THE STORY
Have a plan to transition from a WEB DEVELOPER into a BUSINESS OWNER that owns
a web development Company. At least this has worked well for me.