It dawned on me yesterday that I’ve passed 2 milestones in my career. The first is that I’ve now been writing mobile applications for 20 years. Yes, there was mobile way before the iPhone and Android! I started writing mobile applications my senior year in college when Apple sent me a Newton MessagePad in exchange for licenses of my NotifyMail program. I sometimes think about all the changes in this industry and it just makes my head hurt! Development 20 years ago was generally not treated as a hobby due to cost; today, anyone can write an app with no skill (not sure if that is good or bad).
The second milestone is that I’ve been working from home for 15 years. I worked in an office setting for less than 4 years before I started this. It is a choice that I don’t regret and can’t imagine working in an office again. Even though I work for a large company, I have tons of flexibility and am far more productive than if I was in an office everyday.
Who knows what the next 15-20 years in my career will bring, but I look forward to them.