Kevin Sweeney
Software Developers, Applications
Freelance
Freelance
Software Developers, Applications
I engineer and build software applications.
I get up in whatever city I'm in, find an internet connection, and continue playing with my software LEGOs. Sometimes I'm working with some people and I head into their office. Sometimes I stay at home. I've done work on the beach in the Philippines, a hostel in Thailand, a sofa cafe in Shanghai, and a startup accelerator in Helsinki.
Here's the first step for middle school students
Start early. Start now. Don't wait for school to teach you. There are full tutorials online and when you've passed them, Google can literally answer 99.9% of issues that you come across. If Google can't answer your question, then you are probably getting paid a lot of money to figure out how.
"Personally, I didn't hear much noise. My parents were very supportive of letting my brother and I do whatever we wanted. I suppose I was always into engineering / smart-people stuff so it was easier. For me, noise comes from society telling you that you're entitled to all this stuff; you're not. Yes, you can do ANYTHING! However, it's not going to be easy. Period. I guess my noise was people telling me that I was smart and making me think it was going to be easy."