I've been in the software industry for 13 years now and have enjoyed teaching what I know for just as long. I've been a mentor at several companies and have really enjoyed seeing my mentees achieve their goals, get promoted, and generally change their lives. A few years ago, I started attempting the same thing on YouTube, and decided that I'd like to spend more of my time teaching. To do that, I needed a new medium and a way to pay my bills -- enter this website!
I started writing my first bits of 'code' playing a game called Anarchy Online . The game offered a neat scripting system and a HTML rendering engine that was way ahead of it's time. After realizing how cool that was, I took some Java classes in highschool. After realizing how cool THAT was, I decided to make a career out of it, pursuing it through college and self-education. Now, I openly seek out opportunities to educate others and further my own education.