How long is 'quite awhile'?

You may be qualified already for most entry level positions. What can get you in the door is a little bragging on a resume. Put on there EACH site you have built in C#, how you did it. What other technologies you used (MySQL, MS SQL, OOP, Output caching, etc). Show the company that you have plenty of experience, and you hae a huge willingness to learn. Of course you also have to have SOME talent, but not always :). I have seen some relatively bad programmers with jobs.

I have been programming in .NET since the first beta. Before that I was doing ASP / VB 6 / COM+, etc. I had to get a start in that by doing what you have done. I built several sites 'for quite awhile' before I got an entry level job.

One option is to find a small company that needs a baisc IT person, if you can do that type of thing. I started out being a network administrator for a company w/ 25 users. I was the entire IT department. Look for companies like that. It worked, because they needed small programs here and there, and I got to learn in that environment. That may have been a unique experience, but one never knows.

I have not taken any of the certification tests, as I have not had the time to study for what is on the test. I have taken a few practice tests, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, and I did not do so well. The tests are not easy, so you want to go in prepared.

In my opinion, the tests prepare you for beyond an entry level position. You SHOULD be able to get into some companies by proving you can do the work, a test can do that, but so can the work you have already done.

I hope this helped you out some, and didn't confuse you too much :)

in my opinion, networking is the best way... there are list groups (www.cmap-online.com and www.baltomsdn.com are two that I'm on, baltimore & central maryland focused), people on there are always looking to hire at various levels. Also, www.techies.com is a good site to create a resume on. I filled out their list of technologies and copied it to my own resume (after tweaking the design a little!), and recruiters/employers loved it. they can look at each technology and know immediately (what you say) what your skill level is.

speaking of recruiters, they can be useful, though most often at temporary or temp to perm jobs, which may not be how you want to go. i had good experiences with them, but not all places do. you might want to try that out, see if they can place you. if you make your resume public on Monster, and even hint lightly at the words "web developer", you'll get calls.

other than that, as was stated above, testing is good, but not always necessary, i've found.