I'm Steve Woodson, a web developer based in Chicago

Some History

This is where I write a novel on how Steve became "Steve", or something like that. It's simple really, I was one of the lucky kids of the 90's that were surrounded with technology at an early age. Growing up when Cable TV, personal computers and the Internet were really becoming mainstream has its advantages. Computer classes through grammar school and programming classes in high school introduced me to a world that would eventually become my career.

How It Started

After some years "finding myself" I got into Web Design in my spare time. Needless to say this hobby turned more and more into a passion until late 2002 when I seriously started pushing a career move.

At my first web job I quickly discovered that I was faster and (much to my dismay) better at programming than I was at design. Since then I've focused much of my professional career being the best developer I can be in both frontend and backend environments.

I've never lost that interest in design and have learned to leverage it to build stronger collaborative connections with user experience and user interface designers to bring their ideas to life.

Recently

I've worked within a variety of consultancies and on projects in all major industry verticals in my two decades of web development experience.

On any given project I've been some combination of Architect, UI Developer, Application Developer, Backend Developer, Infrastructure, and DevOps.

I take pride in expanding beyond my core competency, I feel it gives me a broadened perspective and appreciation for what a successful project needs.

That's a big reason why I love what I do. There's always something to learn, a new direction to explore, or a new challenge to overcome. The common thread – and my driving force – are the people.

Now

Interested in the visual history of my site(s)? A Visual History of StevenWoodson.com