I’m a all around web developer. If its a required task to make a website run, I’ve had my hands in it. My first website (1996) ran on a O’Reilly WebSite web server on a Windows NT machine. The back-end language was Visual Basic over CGI. I used MS Access as my database and build a local business directory on the domain shopspot.com. I tried my hands on few ventures and built a lot of websites but I eventually had to face reality and get a real job.

I was hired by eDiets.com as a front end developer but quickly picked up ColdFusion (then owned by Allaire). I was very successful to the point that I was allow to think up and code my own projects for whole time I was with eDiets. I programmed all of the community features, the CRM, and the fitness add-on (which alone made 2 million in its first year). eDiet’s grew from 7 to 150 employees during the time I worked there.

I started the site ChristArt.com before I worked at eDiets. It grew in traffic so I added new features use the ColdFusion I picked up. But during those days you paid through the nose for hosting, software, etc. I new hire at eDiets told me about PHP. I converted the site over to full LAMP and reaped the benefits of near no-cost hosting. ChristArt grew enormously in content. I get 50k unique visitors/mo. by natural SEO. For a log time I squeaked by a living on ChristArt.com but I eventually had to face reality again and get a real job.

I again took a ColdFusion job, this time with LoyaltySuperstore.com. Another startup. Seems that’s all I do. I was able to convince then to build their second venture (localthanks.com) on LAMP stack.

I am now back on the job market. I still own ChristArt.com and have been coding that in the evenings all along. Maybe some day it’ll earn enough to support my family. But for now, I’m looking for a job.