Sadly, your story sounds all too familiar. I didn’t realize the technology industry has changed so much. I figured they would make this industry conform into the other typical professions. It’s really ass backwards if you ask me. I know tons of people that have gained so much experience in real world situations that don’t have any degrees or certifications. But they’re just as competent if not more than the people that studied this stuff in books. When I need someone to design a website for me or do some coding I don’t ask them if they’re certified or have some fancy degree. I just look for their past referrals and work. Then I base my decision on that. This is just another example of Corporate America not having a clue and trying to force us to become mindless sheep. It’s disgusts me. But at the end of the day its great that they do things like this because it causes some enterprising individuals like yourself to make a move towards freedom.

In any event, considering your skill set you could probably still get a lot of work on freelance sites like Guru.com, Elance.com, Scriptlance.com, RentACoder.com, GetAFreelancer.com So I would give those sites a try. There are a lot of techies in internet marketing. Their analytic and technical skills often give them an advantage. Because they can code, they can often create applications to expedite some of the grunt work of internet marketing. And if they’re really smart, they then end up selling it to other marketers for tons of money. So you definitely have options.

I plan on doing a review on WA in the near future. But I’ll point out some things here in this post since you asked. My biggest complaint with WA which I’ve made clear on many articles and directly to the owners is that the information can be overwhelming for a newbie. I love that they over deliver but it can just be daunting. I also wish they had more videos and less reading. But apparently they’re aware of these short coming and plan to address it this summer. So I’m looking forward to seeing that. As a member for several years, the one thing I appreciate about WA is they’re constantly adding new things to improve the site for it’s members. You’ll never end up joining and thinking well I didn’t get my money’s worth. Everyone may not end up making money but I doubt you’ll read that its because WA didn’t give them enough.

But go ahead and do your research.

I hope this helps either way.

Ed Cohen

Thanks for the heads up as always enjoy your weekend as well to our viewers and readers out there.

Veronica N.