[mikeryan]

Its funny I backed into programming by starting to do web development in the mid 90s. I was completely self taught, as most people were at that time when the technology of the web was changing so fast that a CS degree was almost obsolete the instant it was printed. I got my first web development job with little more then a desire and an "HTML for Dummies" book (which for years was the most borrowed book in my library)

It made me always question if I was "doing it right" so I quickly learned to eat any pride I had and ask questions of people. When I look back at it I always say that was one of the keys to any success I had. Even as I move a ways from development to building a business I still find myself constantly asking for advice even at risk of looking a bit naive, because I always felt that asking for advice and help was the only way to get better.