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1) Dude, first of all, you don't even know if Google will be continuing the summer of code program in the summer of 2006. Even if they do, will you be 18 years old as per the T.O.S?
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<p>hmm yeah I guess I'll do this when I turn 18 then, not 2006. </p>
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2) Web design services abound on the internet nowadays. People who post and work on projects via eLance FULL TIME don't make much money (explaining the abundance of offshore designers...) To assume that you can pull in 20k as a part-time designer without a serious portfolio is over-ambitious to say the least.
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<p>First off, you don't know how easy it is to make money doing web design. My friend, who is 16 has made 25k already, starting 2 years ago. He earned $5,000 by just doing one site for our police department.
Yes, maybe 20k is a little too much, maybe i'll set it at 10k to start out.</p>
<p>yes i realize i was a little too anti-realistic when i wrote this. Sorry.</p>