My first web development job came as random luck. I received a phone call at my high school via the school office. I headed to the office to see what the call about and it was a local ISP begging me to come in and work for a week. All of their techs were sick and they learned of me via one of the techs.
I did tech support with them for a week and ended up taking on a web site project as well. A couple weeks later came another project... and another... and then then two years later we had a good laugh when we realized that they never hired me officially.
My first real programming gig came out of the blue as well. I had just graduated high school in North Carolina and received an e-mail from a startup in California. They had learned about me from my work on Gaim (now Pidgin) and wanted to hire me.
Two weeks later I was driving across the country to start the job. I don't even think there was an interview involved. I almost half expected to get there and find an abandoned building.
That was many years ago. Sadly, I now find myself somewhat underemployed and toying around with a few startup ideas while longing to move back to California.
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My first web development job came as random luck. I received a phone call at my high school via the school office. I headed to the office to see what the call about and it was a local ISP begging me to come in and work for a week. All of their techs were sick and they learned of me via one of the techs.
I did tech support with them for a week and ended up taking on a web site project as well. A couple weeks later came another project... and another... and then then two years later we had a good laugh when we realized that they never hired me officially.
My first real programming gig came out of the blue as well. I had just graduated high school in North Carolina and received an e-mail from a startup in California. They had learned about me from my work on Gaim (now Pidgin) and wanted to hire me.
Two weeks later I was driving across the country to start the job. I don't even think there was an interview involved. I almost half expected to get there and find an abandoned building.
That was many years ago. Sadly, I now find myself somewhat underemployed and toying around with a few startup ideas while longing to move back to California.