CFML Developer Career Guide and Counseling

Question: How to transition from a "Web Designer" to a " Web Developer"? Hello, I am having hard time finding employment as web designer/ and would like to know the best way to get into more of a web developer role?. I hear these things all the time, job-hopper(a lot of past jobs are contract,its not my fault they only want you for a 3 month contract, am I supposed to go work at the gym), so I really want to stay in the internet field,and I already can code XHTML/CSS. and some basic server-side stuff with .net and cfml and basic sql, so why not , (Every job I have seen now requires a CScience degree from university(their is no more easy way in to web dev, its cs or cis degree and every, i mean every job requires some sort of skills with .net, in my opinion, has become a standard over the past 2 years or so), but could any IT/computer related degree get you in,?And how can you have 5yrs experience when most jobs are contract, some want a designer, a developer, or both? Hard to know what to go to school for,when job requires differ. skill sets Any thoughts?

Answer: there are companies out there who are willing to train people. if you are up to it then you can apply there. altough usually a trainee gets lower than someone who already has experience. you actually have an advantage because developers are sometimes asked to modify the pages they have. so you will have an easier time with that. however, a developer has lots more tasks such as programming depending on the requirements given and even producing documents and diagrams. designers focus more on the website design and apperance and that's about it while developers enhance these designs and add some functionality to them. they take care of data flow and storage also