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Hi everyone,Been a web developer before, way back when HTML 3.2 was considered a good thing and the browser wars were going on. I was a teenager then, just got my first job.Eventually I specialised out of that area and went on from HTML, JavaScript and ASP to programming and then to networking stuff. That was back when there were good jobs going around and it was pretty easy to get one if you could do the stuff, no degree required.Anyway, forgotten a lot and learnt a lot at the same time over the years, I'm pushing 30 now, studying at college and I'm planning on doing the w3schools.com Certifications in HTML/XHTML/CSS, XML, JavaScript and PHP + MySQL. I plan to do contract work and become a college instructor, write books and do lots of websites. Website development is becoming more attractive since there's a lot more to it now of course! One of the first things I want to do is write an app with a control panel to tweak lots of things and add bits (or not) that automatically generates standard-type websites. Takes the boring start bit away (I hope) so efforts can go into getting on with the website.Most of the time I can be found with my iMac or laptop with Debian GNU/Linux drinking lots of coffee, chain smoking and coding... *cough* I've got to give that up.Hope I find you all well, I'm sure there are lots of experienced people here we can learn from, every bit as good as a google.