Web Hosting Search Interview

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Preeti at Web Hosting Search found me interesting enough to throw together some interview questions for me. You can check out the interview at:

http://www.webhostingsearch.com/articles/programming-david-walsh.php

Feel free to post any followup questions here. Thank you to Preeti for putting this together.

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Discussion

  1. So, web design/development started as a hobby? Then it became your passion and what you want to make living from? For me, its a hobby though its the way I make my living.

  2. Same for me, a hobby to begin with. Calms the soul after a hard day’s crack dealing.

  3. Thank you David! That was super nice of you. I learned some new ideas on how I should learn coding. I just started making my blog sites and am trying to navigate the CSS/PHP/html world.

    :)

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