// ♥ irb
2.2.3 :001 > puts "Hello World!"
Hello World!
I was excited by coding from the moment I first returned “Hello World!” in the terminal.
It all started with the free lessons on CodeAcademy in late 2015. At the time, I was working full-time as an attorney, but before and after work I would dive into the learning tracks. From HTML & CSS to JavaScript to Ruby, I could not get enough and was excited!
I am drawn to coding because, with it, I can bring ideas to life, create interactive art, and improve peoples’ lives everyday. I can be a builder and bring ideas discussed with my wife and friends or dreamed at night into reality - I could build that e-commerce marketplace for sustainable goods or build that online community to guide kids with allergies. I can be an artist, designing dynamic user experiences, that receive input, relay desired information, and grow with crowd-source data. Most importantly, I can be a good person, creating solutions for problems big and small, whatever they may be.
In 2016, I enrolled in the Flatiron School’s Learn-Verified full-stack web development program to get the robust knowledge needed to become a professional developer, and I’ve been hooked on coding ever since!
Coding is incredible and I look forward to it everyday. Thanks for joining me on this journey.
//Dream, Design, Develop
Antonio