Originally Posted by mvc333

I've got my degree in software engineering been a software engineer for UPS, run my own web company, etc.

I can tell you assuredly you do NOT need dedicated hosting to get started. The measly few dozen hits a day you'll be lucky to generate in the beginning do not warrant the hardware expenses. You'll be able to serve up thousands of hits a day from any even semi-decent shared hosting. Just make sure it comes with sufficient bandwidth. Now when you have enough money I'd say get at least a VPS if not real dedicated hosting because you want to not have to rely upon someone else as much. Check out cloud computer, I wonder if they will support porn? Check out softlayer [dot] com they have a cheap cloud computing option.

That being said I dedicated servers BECAUSE I NEED THEM.... right tools for the right job