Joshua Wood

Wes Bos on Bluesky:

How did you get into web development?

MySpace? Comp sci? Made the jump from print? Bootcamp?

GeoCities. 😅

Some of the first code I wrote was mIRC script for IRC chatbots and other utilities, and I made a website to share it. After that I always had a website and from there got into Perl (made guestbooks, photo galleries), then PHP, and ultimately Ruby. And lots of JS, obviously.

I did major in computer science at one point but dropped out. Then Multimedia & Web Design, also dropped out. I was already freelancing by the time I was in college, and never looked back.

I know that hasn’t been the story for everyone and I feel so fortunate to have had that head start and opportunity.

(I’m not sure I was actually making good money by then but I was happy if I didn’t have to get a “real job” lol)

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  • Carter Bryden 🇨🇦

    Similar story! In 4th year of comp sci I asked the program advisor what most people were making after grad, and found I was already making a fair bit more freelancing full time. I was taking a 3/4 class load, so I had another year left. Told myself I'd come back if I needed to. No one ever asked!

  • +1 and pour one out for Geocities 😂

  • Those were the days!

  • Yeah I know that hasn’t been the story for everyone and I feel so fortunate to have had that head start and opportunity. (I’m not sure I was actually making good money by then but I was happy if I didn’t have to get a “real job” lol)

  • Carter Bryden 🇨🇦

    That's how I felt too, very fortunate. And to put things into perspective, I was comparing to what a fresh Saskatchewan comp sci grad would expect to make in year one. Very different than US tech salaries at the time 😄

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