Tell me a bit about yourself
Hey there! I'm Chris, and I'm a full stack PHP web developer.
Yeah...and?
I'm 38 years old, happily married and a proud father.
Come on! You can do better than that!
Ok, fine! I'm a certified tech lover and have been from a very early age; Computers, gadgets, gizmos - you name it! Not the cheapest of hobbies but I blame my parents for that - they would constantly break the family computer which meant that someone had to fix it and thus, I was bitten by the tech bug!
I graduated from University with a BSc/Hons in Computing Science and started my career in the IT tech industry however, I soon decided that I was not being challenged enough. This lead to my transition into Web Development.
Having been coding for about 15 years, my preferred stack of choice is Tailwind, Alpine, Laravel & Livewire (the TALL stack) however, I do enjoy using VueJS too. All my knowledge of web application design and development is self-taught; sometimes it's best to just roll up your sleeves and figure it out yourself.
That's good but how do you pay the bills?
I currently work at Network Rail as a Business Systems Developer where I have been building dynamic, feature rich web applications for the last 10 years using both a custom in-house PHP framework and Laravel.
What do you do outside of work?
Outside of work I love spending time with my family. My wife and I love our walks, our daughter on the other hand is a bit lazy, but we're working on it!
I still love to tinker with code in my free time. If I have an itch to scratch, or I simply want to challenge myself, you'll find me tapping away on the keyboard!