How difficult is it to be successful at web design & development?

I’m a middle school teacher who would like to make a career change. I’m very attracted to web design & development, but have heard that the market is now flooded with web designers. I also read that they don’t make much money. How difficult is it to get a job in this field and how much money can you make? What kind of education would I need? Any advice appreciated. Thanks!

It is not difficult to get a job in the web development industry since there are more job than people to fill them!

You can make anywhere from $30000 to $100000 to even millions if you make your own profitable sites. Just go to monster and search "Web".

A BS degree in Computer Science or a similar aspect like web design/development would be useful for getting a job.

NCSA gives certifications and training programs that will certainly help: http://www.ncsacademy.com/?ref=3043

To learn web programming languages:

http://www.w3schools.com/

http://www.freetechbooks.com/

As for design… that’s the hard one. It takes a lot of artistic skill to design a web page. Courses and classes will help, but an inner click is the best. Look around on Amazon for more books on design:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2F&tag=noth03-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957