Xen

Hello!
 
My name is James, I'm 26 and from Berkshire in the UK. I have a somewhat peculiar road into web development/design so I shall explain.
I made my first website when I was 13.. I was a familiar face in the gaming scene and made a bit of a name for myself creating signatures for forums (don't see them so much these days!). I made websites for gaming teams with a buddy.. I did the designing and he did the coding and we sold a few.
I went on to actually study Computer Science with the idea of becoming a Game designer, however that never came to light and instead I got a decent job working for a manufacturing company essentially spending my days playing with PCB boards and components and getting everything to work right.
Fast forward ten years (where does the time go?) and I am an Operations Manager for a construction company. I do a bit of design work on the side because I enjoy it, but its usually just Squarespace/Wix (!!!) and some basic illustrator stuff. I decided mid 2017 to change career path and get back into web dev and design which was something I loved all those years ago.
Its not necessarily been an easy road so far, but it is a road that I am enjoying every step of the way. Still employed at the construction company, but looking to getting myself into a new role by the end of the year, something that allows me to develop as well as design.