Are You Rich?
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My mother always told me that artists die starving...You can make money in this biz. I know plenty of designers making good money both working for others and running their own business.I started out as a designer and transitioned into the business side. I started Media Temple with several partners originally as a design house, then a design and hosting company and finally as a pure hosting company. MadMerch was developed in house at Media Temple and I now run it full time. All of this was done with very little investment and a whole lot of innovative (cheap) marketing. I hear plenty of jokes on NT about having the (mt) logo on their site but it was the only type of marketing we could afford and it has worked pretty well for us. I would say if you are going to make a lot of money working for yourself or others, you really have to stay ahead of the pack and diversify your skill set. Most of the people I know that are making good money nowadays are programmers and designers in broadcast.