Know thyself. Adapt, and Overcome.
I build full-stack applications with React, Python, Django, and SQLite in an Agile environment. Sometimes I build them with AngularJS, Java, Spring, and MongoDB. Tech moves fast, and it's important to be flexible.
I love what I do! But why software development?
Once upon a time, I was in my early twenties and a happily broke musician. All I ever wanted to do up to that point was play guitar in a really good band, and eat pizza. Sounds pretty sweet, eh?
It was. Honestly, it was incredible. The rush you get from the crowd, the people you get to meet and travel with, the stories you get to live. Then, I met Erica. She was beautiful inside and out, and she still is. For the first time in my life, I wanted something more than I wanted to play music for a living. I wanted a family.
So for the next few years, I worked a full time job and tried to figure out what to do for a career. After receiving direction in prayer, I started learning how to code on my lunch breaks at a coffee shop, and I instantly fell in love with the puzzle-solving logic and the expressive creativity that coding provides. After 500 days of coding solo, I started at Nashville Software School, attending a 6 month intensive bootcamp for full-stack developers.
After graduating, I went to work for TeleTracking, where I've had the privilege to work on multiple teams, tech stacks, and projects.
I love writing software that makes me learn and grow. I love working with a team of developers that bring different perspectives to the table. I love knowing that I'm in a career where the products I create can help people. The well is endless!