I have a degree in Art History and African Cultural Studies, and then I fell into a job with UW-Extension doing Youth Development work. It was low pay with a lot of nights and weekends. Meanwhile, our website sucked and I realized that there was a lot of potential there to do stuff like have an FAQ, so I didn't have to answer the same questions 20 times a day. The unit I'm in now offered a class on using Netscape to do web pages. I took it. Then, I had a coworker/friend that was working in the unit suggest I learn ColdFusion. So, I got a book and started teaching myself. I sweet-talked my way into direct FTP access to the server and wrote a calendar and FAQ app for our county website. A couple of new jobs opened up - one designer & one developer. They were short term jobs - 3 years - with an option for permanency. I hated my current job and thought what the heck. So, I applied for both, knowing full well I was only marginally qualified for either. The head dude of the unit at the time was this really eccentric guy that looked more at what a person's potential is than what their current skill set is, and he liked that I'd been to Africa and had a "weird" background and such. So, he hired me. I spent those first 2 years cramming as much info into my head as possible about interactive television, until that part of the project appointment failed, but another unit picked us both up as permanent employees and the rest is history.
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