Aaron Godin

I started learning about the web in 2005, back when “Web 2.0” was the best thing since sliced bread and JavaScript rollovers were cool. A lot has changed since then, but for me, the most change has occurred in the last few months. And it all started with falling into a community.

Take The Opportunity

When I switched my college major from Music to Computer Science, I started receiving daily emails about job postings. Not much later I received an email about an all day camp that was happening run by a local user group. At this point, Ruby on Rails was one of those things that the “cool kids” who knew what the hell they were doing were into. But I took that opportunity attended the camp.

After that, I found out that there were tons of AWESOME people in my town that were interested in helping others learn Ruby and web development. I joined ECRuby and landed a job at the university learning Rails. Now, they’ve helped me learn and become involved in so much, and my knowledge of web development has broadened significantly.

What To Do

There are people in your local community and online community that are there to help you. I’m still no expert on Rails, but people including myself are willing to help you get your start. Make friends, attend code camps and conferences (I need to make it to a conference eventually), and get interested in everything that is out there.