The learning process
I’ve been building websites for almost 15 years now. I started with table-based layouts and sliced Photoshop files. Now, it’s all about responsive design, web standards and accessibility.
Though I had a mentor in my early days (thanks Stacey!), I’m pretty much a self taught web developer. In the early years, Google and forums were my teachers along with the odd text book.
Today, search engines still lead me to great resources when I’m trying to understand something new or solve a problem. Even more so though are the amazing folks on Twitter that share their knowledge happily and freely.
Books have always been a part of my learning process but I choose them carefully. The web changes so rapidly that printed resources can be out of date in a heartbeat. If I know a book focusses on fundamentals, I’m all in.
The one constant in this field is that it’s always changing. For me, it’s impossible to get bored. Not a day goes by that I don’t have to solve a new problem or stumble across something new. It’s why I love what I do.