First I would like to say hi to everybody. I am currently trying to go to school for web development and I need some help to make that happen. I am looking for someone to answer some simple questions for me about web development. The reason I am asking this is because I am quadriplegic and I am currently trying to go to school and am enrolled in a local state program that helps disabled people go to school but first I need to find and ask someone that actually does web development some questions about that career. They want me to ask these questions to somebody who actually does this as a career so they can know that I’ve actually looked into this type of job and know what is expected. I’m sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I’ve attached a text file with the questions. Thanks in advanced to anybody who helps me.
Hi DonMega and welcome to SitePoint.
I will have a go at the questions shortly but will also post the questions so that we dont have to keep downloading the txt file!
Here are the questions:
What exactly do you do?
What do you like about your job?
What don’t you like?
What are the physical and mental stresses in the job?
What kind of person does well in this job?
What are some values or attitudes needed for the job?
What is the work environment like?
What are the typical hours?
What are the qualification requirements, including education and training?
What is the best way to get into this job?
What is the beginning salary and salary range?
What are the typical employee benefits?
What are the opportunities for employment in this field?
Are background checks required?
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What exactly do you do?
Bits of this and that. I do front-end and back-end and SEO and e-mail marketing. Jill of all trades, master of nothing 
What do you like about your job?
Is it a job? 
It is creative and fun and I enjoy resolving problems and reaching success.
What don’t you like?
Customers. It is hard to get them to pay on time and they’re always having second thoughts or brilliant ideas because they have seen this beautiful site and after that they want this and that and then some more
What are the physical and mental stresses in the job?
It is more mental than anything else. Tight deadlines, changes in the project, things/bits of code that doesn’t work as expected and you don’t know why, servers that have a different configuration and nobody told you and you have to change your code… All kind of situations creates stress (like everything else in life)
What kind of person does well in this job?
Haven’t got a clue. Not me 
Probably someone more patient than myself
What are some values or attitudes needed for the job?
Curiosity, ability and desire to learn and improve, creativity and lots of passion for what you do.
What is the work environment like?
Lovely. I work in my house most of the time
What are the typical hours?
Errr… long. Definitely long. But time flies when you’re having fun! I don’t have a schedule but the amount of hours I dedicate is affected by the number of classes I have to give (I’m a teacher too). In all, I work around 8-12 hours/day, 5-7 on Saturday and Sundays
What are the qualification requirements, including education and training?
There is no a specific degree or diploma in my country, but Computer Science degree can help. There are a lot of courses for specific areas such as HTML, PHP or Javascript.
What is the best way to get into this job?
In the same way that you do with every other job.
What is the beginning salary and salary range?
15,000 euros/year (at least in my country)
What are the typical employee benefits?
Benefits in Spain depend quite a bit on the company. Most of the companies around here are small and there are no specific benefits.
What are the opportunities for employment in this field?
Medium-low right now (crisis)
Are background checks required?
Serious companies always do background checks It is as simple as to know if you’ve been a good employee in the past and that what you say it is true. And that has nothing to do with this particular job.
What exactly do you do?
Mainly, design and code websites
What do you like about your job?
Getting to use my artistic side.
What don’t you like?
The Sales part.
What are the physical and mental stresses in the job?
Dead lines. lots of time at the computer.
What kind of person does well in this job?
Some who enjoys puzzles.
What are some values or attitudes needed for the job?
Work ethic.
What is the work environment like?
varies from small business to large enterprise.
What are the typical hours?
20 or more hours a week.
What are the qualification requirements, including education and training?
This is a bit harder. there are lots of routes into this field and very few good educational routes. The best suggestion is to plan to work as an assistant for a few months. You will need some basic accessibility in advertising. Some basic color theory. Basic art. Basic programming to understand the HTML / CSS / Javascript etc.
What is the best way to get into this job?
Learn to sell your self at interviews.
What is the beginning salary and salary range?
Depends on where. As little as minimum wage in US.
What are the typical employee benefits?
small companies, none. large enterprises same as other employees.
What are the opportunities for employment in this field?
Low, the funny thing is time after time I see people decide to do what they love, and it doesn’t matter, it works out for them.
Are background checks required?
low
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