First Steps in Web Development: Experiences and Anecdotes

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their first steps in the word of entrepreneurship and web dev specifically.

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Wes:

• First money: check for $300
• First website: Pool company
• First ad sense income: Craigonomics
• First YouTube: import large SQL database with bigdump
• First online Product: Sublime Text - Ryan Christiani
• First in-person teaching: HackerYou
• First project at agency: Jet Cooper

Scott:

• First dev gig: parents tea store
• First design gig: Perpetual
• First YouTube video: Adobe Premier 101
• First BIG YouTube video: Sass Tutorials
• First ad sense income: scotttolinski.com blog post about music promotion sites
• First online product: Sass Mastery
• First project at agency: Nu Step

• https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1276500155789910016
• Audiojungle
• Themeforest
• Juno College
• @steveschoger
• Smashing Mag
• Css Tricks
• Packt Publishing

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• LevelUpTutorials Instagram
• Wes’ Instagram
• Wes’ Twitter
• Wes’ Facebook
• Scott’s Twitter
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