My Journey into Web Development
My first introduction to coding came in high school. I took classes in JavaScript and Visual Basic. I also taught myself HTML and CSS by building and designing the make-your-own websites (such as Angelfire, Xanga, and Geocities) that were popular at the time.
In college, I decided to focus on business and, after college, went to work in the fashion industry for eight years. Over that time, I saw the industry shift and change, becoming increasingly more focused on e-commerce and digital services. For two years, I ran the e-commerce website at the handbag company for which I worked. In the process, I had the opportunity to assist in a full site redesign. As I was working with the developers and recommending features, it dawned on me that I was much more interested in the work the developers were doing than the work I was doing. I wanted to be the developer. I had always enjoyed the problem-solving aspects of coding and working on the site redesign re-inspired that interest in me.
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