Introduction, Questions, and some random thoughts

Good morning all (9:14am EST), thought I’d make my 1st post. I was snooping around the 'net last night, LATE last night (haven’t gone to bed yet). Anyway, I won’t go into my story too much, but basically, I flunked out of college, then was timely diagnosed with ADD. I was attending college for IS, particularly networking. In my academic absence, I’ve been reading to keep myself active, I recently picked up a flash book at the local “bargin” store, to my surprise I’m totally into this. I’ve fiddled with HTML since around 8th grade, but I really enjoy the ability to create things (very creative, not artistically inclined). ANYWAY, sorry about the long winded intro…

My questions are, those of you who professionally use flash. What schooling have you had, if any? What are some different aspects of flash design (design/actionscript), are there others? Is the job market stable, or is there always someone who will/can do it for cheaper/faster?

Like I said, I’m quite green when it comes to Flash, but Very much enjoy the creativity it allows. I would like to return to school, but am at a point where I must make that choice, what exactly I’d like to do till the end of days.

Any assistance would be appreciated, please don’t flame me.

Grant Watts