In May 2015 I started this blog, with two things in mind; to blog about my attempt to retrain myself and start a career in coding, and to see if a bit of blogging could raise money from strangers to fund such a thing. It didn't. It might have, if i were a more dedicated blogger or alluded to it more but really at a time when i needed somewhere to var_dump($myMind) ( a joke for the coders out there) the blog came in handy.
Well it is now March 2017, and this week I earned my very first pay check as a full time, employed PHP developer. I didn't blog at all over 2016, it was (as has been widely documented) the year from hell; and our house was no exception. There were potential jobs that fell through, there was clutching at straws and there were very near family break ups. Fuck you 2016, fuck you. But we made it though, and we made it through all together, a little battered and a lot bruised it's true but there you go. So with the pre-amble done I should, as any old friend would after a meeting long delayed, update you on my situation.
Well it is now March 2017, and this week I earned my very first pay check as a full time, employed PHP developer. I didn't blog at all over 2016, it was (as has been widely documented) the year from hell; and our house was no exception. There were potential jobs that fell through, there was clutching at straws and there were very near family break ups. Fuck you 2016, fuck you. But we made it though, and we made it through all together, a little battered and a lot bruised it's true but there you go. So with the pre-amble done I should, as any old friend would after a meeting long delayed, update you on my situation.