Started writing web sites in 1996, Went to school and graduated with a degree in Computer Science in 2001.
Spent 15 years working in a cubicle for large corporations on the East coast. Worked with Java, Perl, PHP, HTML, Angular, Maven, Ant, several different CM tools.
In January 2016 I said NO MORE BULLSHIT and quit.. now I am scrambling to earn a living off doing design and implementation of my own visions to my own standards.
I think what happens to our intellectual equity in this business is criminal and Software Engineering professionals should have union representation.