I don’t talk about my age to often, mostly because I feel very fortunate to have had so many opportunities at a relatively young age, but milestones are a convenient time to reflect on such things and today is one of those. Today is the last day of my 20s.
Looking back, I’m amazed by the number of experiences I’ve had in such a short amount of time. While those experiences are what stand out in something like the list below, the people that have surrounded me during those have been even more impactful on who I am today.
The list below is more for an older version of me than for you, but feel free to enjoy if you’d like:
20 - First non-assignment hacking. First HTML site. First Flash site. (Everyone makes mistakes in their youth.)
21 - First exposure to dynamic web applications. (Shout out to Brandon Turner who was slinging Perl to make things happen on the web.) PHP development.
22 - .NET development. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia. Engaged to Shevawn.
23 - Married Shevawn. Playa del Carmen. Start contracting full time. Introduced to Ruby on Rails. (Thanks Matt Dean!) Full time Ruby on Rails. London.
24 - Graduate from Texas A&M. (Finally!) Contract with Trabian and The Garland Group.
25 - Find Dallas Ruby. Start at The Garland Group. First Mac. Switzerland, Italy, Greece.
26 - First Dallas Ruby talk. First house. First conference speaking gig. Chicago Christmas.
27 - Lake Tahoe. Claire is born. Start at Sabre.
28 - Lots of doctors and hospitals. Cabo.
29 - Lauren is born. Contest Apps and the “Chirpa” series. First training gig. Start leading Dallas Ruby. Start at LivingSocial.
While that is a great looking list, I’m even more excited about what the next one will look like.
-
bradgarland liked this
-
markmcspadden posted this
