I was born in Preston and but moved over to the Isle of Man when I was 4, While in school I wasn’t interested in computers at all only games consoles (sonic the hedgehog on the sega mega drive in particular) However once i did my GCSE’s I decided to try out studying IT.
While at college we were given modules in programming this was using vb6, there was also a module for web design we were encouraged to use Dreamweaver (when WYSIWYG editors for html produced shocking code, I have never used once since so wouldn’t know if they still do!) but I decided that learning the language behind the web was more beneficial.
After college I was set to go onto uni and earn a degree, but when offered with a position at a local software house I jumped at the chance and started putting my html and css skills to use, it was here were I was introduced to .net I began soaking up knowledge like a sponge 
When I started the job I knew html, css & vb6 by the time I left I had taught myself: asp, c#, vb.net, oop, sql, xml, xsl, xsd, uml.
After 4 years I left the software house I was feeling to constrained by the position and felt I had outgrown it I wanted to spread my wings and begin looking into emerging software development practices and methodologies (Agile, Design Patterns, Design Practices, Unit Testing etc…).
I now work in a local bank as a software developer and I’m really happy there, we have a very small team which allows us to try some of the practices and methodologies above.
