
05-11-2020, 08:14 PM
Can't remember how, but I hooked up with Vis and designed the logo for ThyElite. Helped him skin the forum into something presentable. By the time it shut down, I was a senior in High School I think.
Graduated High School by a hair. I was terrible at school, and websites were all I could ever do. Skipped college, started freelancing right away. Spent some time roughing it financially because my first year freelancing, I didn't set aside taxes and got royally screwed when the IRS came knocking.
Paid off my debts to the man, which looking back were really just pennies compared to student loans these days, but $10,000 was an impossible amount of money to me back then.
Worked at a few odd companies doing web work and marketing strategy when I had an opportunity to start my own company with some guys. Sold my share after a few years for a couple of reasons, but they're still carrying the torch out in Nevada. I ended up with a shit-load of business experience and a big network and was able to parley that into some neat web and digital marketing positions.
Working at a pretty neat agency right now. I teach kids how to code on my Saturdays. Finally felt like I had my feet under me, so I bought a house. Not a total fixer-upper, but it needed a lot of work and all I pretty much talk about now is some random dad project I'm working on.
A year after I buy the house, boom. Global pandemic and recession. Fuck me, right? Luckily, I can work from home, so... Things could be a lot worse for sure.
All in all, 7/10. Not bad.
Last edited by Digitalicious : 05-11-2020 at 08:18 PM.
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