How long did it take you?

How long did it take you to became a webmaster. I mean how many years or months you have spent to master languages and skills you have now. Please identify length and what kind of skills.

Thats a hard question to answer. I ve been running websites for a few years now, so thats how long it took to learn what I know now. But I m still learning new stuff every day!

I think that you will never stop learning, as the internet is something that changes every day.

Personally I created my first site in 96 but I stoped running sites for some years, and started again in 2004. But all this time I was living (and I still do) from creating web sites.

yes right a web developer is learning every day or he is retired ;D

I agree, you need to learn all times, especially now where it comes to "new" techniques like ajax. But also small things like P3P policies, ICRA labels, optimal CSS coding - this is a never ending process. Yet - it makes fun :)

Of course it makes fun, and this is because we are geeks :)

I've worked and desinged sites for about 7 years but had been doing them mainly for myself as a hobby and just recently decided to take the plunge into designing for money since my sister had 2 strokes back in August. :(


MP

I have been learning about the Web for three years. No doubt I will keep learning because it is a very fun game.
:)

i agree. you can probably get the hang of it after a year or so but theres still sooo much to learn and that you dont want to stop searching for more. its like an unquencheable thirst for knowledge!

learning is one thing that has to end and on the internet its a ocean in itself, no one can ever explore it completely

I'm still learning. I think it's an ongoing thing.

I'm working with websites from 2003. About 5 months I started to learn SEO. And I still learning it now :)

All of these stuff (programming, seo, web design) are things that you will never stop to learn :)

still learning ............

1 month

Yes,it's really a hard question to answer.Web developer means not a simple job.We have to learn day to day updates,What actually people are looking for and how to meet their requirements.It's a continuous process.One can't say the exact answer.

That's really not easy, every case is unique.

I think this matter depend on perogrammer. I have dream to be programmer but i can't became still.

You have to learn it and that's not easy.

i know a lot of people who're in web development, and the best of them never stop learning. as for me, though i've learned a lot during the 2 years i'm in, this seems to be only the beginning :)

I started working on my Web site about a year ago, and before that I took intro to programming classes for my major (though I'm still not comfortable yet with coding). My work is in progress and I'm taking lots of classes online and at community colleges. I'm finding that forums are a very fast way to learn.

I think it will be at least another 6months to a year before I launch my site.

I've been working online off an on for about 8 years....

Webmaster is a profession which requires constant learning !
I am runnign websites for month now , learned a little but still have a lot more to learn !

to became a webmaster it need a continues learning. It's like that you go to school everyday

I've been working with the web I think, since the day it started and I'd be the first to admit I only know a small amount what you could learn. There's just too much stuff out there to know and it's ever-changing.

I think it will take about 1 year for me. Now I'm a QA.

I think, still I'm not a webmaster. Because everyday, I learn new things, find new resources... I still try to develop my skills.

I agree. I think it depends on person, his abilities and his goals. I understood it working on my last site micro earpiece.

it took about a few months. developing the income to purchase the website was hard. the income streams from my website pays like a full time job.

it takes a lot of learning, studying. and guts. :)

Not sure I just attained the skill as I went along

It took 2 years for me to learn IM to a point where I knew what I was doing. It took about 6 months before I saw results though.

hard to say for me. i made my first website in elementary school and my skills have just been building since then...

It took me 3 year to search on different stuff related to webmaster profession. still am learning and doing experiments on different things. As you know "no one is perfect in this world"

I just stated last year. Many thing for me to learn on. I've attend some hands on class but seems like not work well

That's really not easy

It took me almost a year to be a good learner on webmaster.

I learnt all from here on forum and google..

been a wemaster for about 8 years.. still learning

I think that you will never stop learning, as the internet is something that changes every day.

You will learn every day. That's really not easy

Its really tough question to reply. I am running my sites since three years and still I know that I am not a complete webmaster.

2 years -- did from scratch - now I use templates --- much easier but . . . .

Yea if you are a web developer or any computer related position, i think learning is continous.

 I think this all up's to your development skills. but u didnt stop your learning skill.bcoz every day its becomes new software techniques... improve your skills in html, php,css and photoshop and flash skills...using w3 schools.com

I am learning that since nine months and still, I have not become a professional webmaster. Each day, I found a new thing to learn about that.