# Designers I need help with a Career Decision **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [August 6, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designers-i-need-help-with-a-career-decision/158091 "2005-08-06T23:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![intrudah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/898d66/32.png) [@intrudah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/intrudah)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/designers-i-need-help-with-a-career-decision/158091/1 "2005-08-06T23:34:42Z")
Like I mentioned in a few other posts, I’ll be working from college with a small web design company I’ve been with for the last year. I started working there last september, its not a bad job for a self-taught 17 year old. Right now I’m in a position where I plan on going as far as I can with this while making good money along the way. (btw im going to college for Business) I currently know: -XHTML (Very well) -Photoshop (Also very well) -PHP (intermediate/advanced level) -MySQL (good, experianced with php integration) -XML (currently studying this) Right now I work 4 days a week (mon-thursday) for 6 hours a day. I am only getting paid 2 dollars above minimum wage though (almost 9/hr CAD) but I heard most designers get 12/hour out of college and I know just as much as them plus with a years experiance Ive learned more then any book could teach. These are the options I seem to have: a) Should I request a raise and change a few ways that I work: to only get paid for the hours I am working and I will do work over 6 hours or less depending on the work load. This will make it more flexible and have more productive time. b) Find a better employer when I move to the city for college while finishing my portfolio and doing freelance work. c) Stay with what I got until a better opportunity comes by because its not likely I’ll get hired with out college training/or the fact im to young. Any suggestions on what I should do?