I hear this all the time. “I do not have enough experience”, ” I am too old to start something new”, ” I do not have the talent” and so on.
The question is why people do not trust them-self?
It has probably lot do with lizard brain as Seth Godin likes to call it. Trust me if every one of the people who made it far would start asking all these questions them-self they would not even start. Do not question yourself. Just start working on it. You think you cannot be designer because you can’t draw or you think you can’t put things together visually. So what? If you really want, I mean really want, there is nothing which will stop you. You can be great designer! You will learn how to code properly. You will learn how to use grids, typography etc and you can produce amazing web sites without producing any artwork. These knowledge can be learned it only requires your time. So stop thinking about it and start reading about it and practicing.
I am not “the guy”
I am not telling you about all this because I am the best designer out there. Not even close. I am just like you. Guy who decided to learn something and start doing something about it. I have a long way in-front of me, but I am walking, not running but walking. If you are thinking it is too late for your for such a change, trust me it is never too late. I have started to learn web design when I was 31. If you are 40+ you might be thinking “what is he talking about, he is young” and if you are 15+ you are probably thinking “he is quite old to switch the carrier at that age”. It is never too late!
Right conditions? Nah
People also complain that they do not have the right conditions or money. Well, it depends. If you decide to go the way of proper studying in expensive schools you might spend lot of money but hey we have the internet, right? You can get all of the information you need on internet these days and it will cost you almost “0″. You don’t have the conditions to work properly? Listen, I have been living in share houses for past 6 years and none of the rooms I lived had table so I have never used mouse working on my own projects. All what you see on this site and my other personal projects is done without mouse. Trust me if you really want you will get there. You only need to trust yourself and start believing.
The conditions are never right so stop thinking about it and just do it and tell me all about it. I am ready for your stories.
