[jeottehoonoro]

Hello!
I'm new here. I've been browsing tons of forums for an idea of what to do. I was laid off from my job about 3 month ago. I've been looking for a job since then, but did not even get a single interview. I worked as a web designer for a publishing company for the last 5 years. Looks like www.malazanempire.com is an active forum with active members and may be someone has some experience working as a freelance web designer. May be "Knoll Barrow" category is not the most appropriate for this question, but I want to try anyways to get some opinions before I go ahead with my life. I'm wondering if it is possible in the current economy to find work for a freelance web designer and make enough to pay for rent and groceries. I was able to find a small project on craigslist and I developed a website for a company. It was a small project and took me only a week to complete. I got paid $800 for 1 week of work which is not bad. Please people give me some ideas. I have 2 kids and my wife is out of work as well. Thank you in advance.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

It took me five months to finally find a job and I applied for a lot of stuff. I also worked as a freelance translator but I didn't make enough money to cover the basics...Freelancing is not really your best bet, especially when you have a family to support.

Seems to me like you're being to narrow in your job search...You have to branch out! Apply for anything that has some relevance, no matter how small, to what you want to do and what you can do. You have to make yourself and your education seem more versatile...that's my best advice.

[cauthon]

There are a lot of Drupal (http://drupal.org) related jobs out there that are paying quite well. The learning curve is a bit steep in the beginning, but it should be worth it in the long run. So if you are a designer/developer, you can certainly find stuff that get the money coming in.