Chapter 1
One day, I am told, I was born. I don't remember that but I'm inclined to believe that it did happen. Eventually I went to Ball State University. Initially I majored in Fine Art with a concentration in painting, but soon I switched to Telecommunications with a focus in Audio Engineering.
Chapter 2
Then I moved to Chicago. I worked in live music for a while. Mostly it was weddings but I worked with a handful of big artists, most notably a series of rallies leading up to the Cubs 2016 world series victory. I also painted pet portraits on the side, like this one:
Chapter 3
I got a dog! His name is Atlas.
Chapter 4
I wanted to make myself a website for the pet portrait side hustle. On this site I wanted to provide a payment calculator so clients could determine the price of a given size of pet portrait. I learned some JavaScript.
"It made me feel powerful"
It was all over for me. Soon, I would be working as a Front End Developer.
Chapter 5
I moved to Portland, Oregon.
I did contract work in web development for a while. I started making computer games and experimenting with other languages on the side. I liked working in web, but I had tasted the power of programming and I knew that
"I had to go deeper"
Chapter 6
So I got a Master's degree from Portland State University in Computer Science. I worked on some research, building tools to help Civil Engineers study Earthquakes and on cutting-edge Server Security. I took some classes too, and learned some pretty neat stuff.
Chapter 7
Tune in next time to find out...
