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Joshua Johnson
Joshua Johnson

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How Did You Become A Developer?

I just wrote a recent article about breaking into the business as a freelance web developer and it made me think back to when I started out my career.

Do you have a unique story about how you started your career?

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edA‑qa mort‑ora‑y

A long time ago, in a land far far away, I given a chance to make a computer do stuff. I made it do stuff. I was happy.

Ever since I've been a programmer.

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Ben Halpern

Longer story here, but a big turning point was having a job in tech marketing that pointed out how much I wouldn't like that as a career. I wanted to make the things!