What should I do?

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Just finished school and have the summer free before college...

What should I learn?

I mean what should I really focus on? Whats in demand now? or What would benefit me the most in the long term?

I know my HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc. but it's all basic knowledge that I'm not necessarily good at coding from scratch. Im really confused about where I should go next and realize I need to spend more time just coding things instead of doing basic sites and what not. I'm interested in PHP but have almost no experience with it, also I haven't dove into XHTML or began other topics such as AJAX, SQL, ASP and others.

Basically I'm stuck in the early 2000's knowledge wise and have no idea which direction to take. Should I just become really good at my basics first and move on? or should I dive into something else and become good at that and basics at the same time (if that's possible).

Recently I've just been doing some small SEO type work with a bunch of small projects; none of which required any advanced coding techniques. Should I stay there and outsource most of my work, or should I learn a bit and outsource once I know what I really need?

Thanks for any suggestions!
 


^^^^^ +1

also, trying to accomplish something specific will force you to learn faster than just learning for learning's sake
 
Reminds me of a funny story - a I guess you had to be there kind of story.

A small group of guys were gathering to talk about the LAN Party they were putting together. They were all excited.

Another guy that was there was invited and he said something like "have a good time, I'm gonna go home, drink a cold beer and F my girlfriend".

Kind of puts things in perspective.

Why would you want to work all summer? You have an entire lifetime to work. Don't get so narrowly focused on technology. It's just a tool to make money. There are so many ways to make money.

Get away from your computer and go out and do something fun. Get a girlfriend. Hang out at the beach. Hang out at the River, the park or wherever.

Meet some girls. Have some fun.

You have your whole life to figure out how to make money.
 
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Reminds me of a funny story - a I guess you had to be there kind of story.

A small group of guys were gathering to talk about the LAN Party they were putting together. They were all excited.

Another guy that was there was invited and he said something like "have a good time, I'm gonna go home, drink a cold beer and F my girlfriend".

Kind of puts things in perspective.

Why would you want to work all summer? You have an entire lifetime to work. Don't get so narrowly focused on technology. It's just a tool to make money. There are so many ways to make money.

Get away from your computer and go out and do something fun. Get a girlfriend. Hang out at the beach. Hang out at the River, the park or wherever.

Meet some girls. Have some fun.

You have your whole life to figure out how to make money.
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Well... first he needs the money to F a B, yo.

Girlfriends and going out all cost money. Sit in your room, delve into your own mind, talk to yourself, get some of that anti-social shit going on except start thinking you are social because you have some thousands of friends on myspace, then once you get the cash, go out, F some Bs and all that shit. Actually, I'd wipe out myspace... fucking distracting as hell when you are trying to get projects done.

I say learn as you go. Make something you want to make and go with the flow, ho.
 
Well not that I expect any of you to believe me...

I've had a couple of girlfriends, two serious (more than 1 year) but let me take that back and say high school relationships are never serious...

So I've had the sex, been to the parties, had the parties, go outside etc.

It's almost as though I feel that if I hadn't tried with any of that, I would already know more than I do; so I'm trying to take this summer and learn something before I go to college where I expect to drink day and night and become too caught up in partying to actually succeed.


(So what you're going to take out of this comment: LIES, noone on the internet can have sex in highschool, everyone is a nerdy kid that tries to pretend hes cooler than he actually is etc.)

Please respond to the first situation instead of my proposed second situation. It will be much more beneficial to me.
 
2008 in my understanding would be good knowledge of XHTML/CSS (Tables layouts etc), PHP/MySql, Ajax, Internet marketing (Current SEO stuff, Social media optimisation, PPC)
Thats what im educating myself hard now anyway then will try to get junior job and get some proper 9-5 work expirience and depending on how it goes possibly not go back to uni and learn modules they came up with 5 years ago.
 
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