How I Became A Developer: Part 3 – Working At An Agency

Posted November 30, 2022

At this point in my developer journey, it had been about eight and a half years. From the day that I started learning to code on Codecademy, nearly a decade had been used up. I’d spent a lot of time honing my craft in that period. I was continuously learning, especially the core web stack […]

How I Became A Developer: Part 2 – Freelancing

Posted November 27, 2022

“I’m starting my own business and I think I’ll need a website. I’d like you to build it for me. So, how much do you think you’d charge me?” For me, the question came out of nowhere. Sure, I’d been learning how to build a website from taking the free courses on Codecademy but I […]

How I Became A Developer: Part 1 – The Very Beginning

Posted November 6, 2022

Before I became a developer, I wondered how I would go about it. I didn’t have the background for doing IT or web design, much less building websites and applications. No, I sure didn’t. I’d worked in fast food restaurants as a cook, been the janitor/groundskeeper of an apartment complex, a cashier at Walmart, and […]