Hi, I'm Adam Griffiths, a Computer Science Student and Freelance Web Applications developer based in Shrewsbury, UK. I might only be 18 but I've written a book, maintained a popular blog and am currently organising a conference to be held in Bristol, UK on August 14 & 15.
Being a solo web developer has it's upsides: you can build what you like etc. But sometimes you just need to be in a team. Sometimes your skills can't cover all of your ideas, or you have too many ideas for the time you have. There are only 24 hours in a day, remember.
After finishing college my priorities have switched from getting the best grade possible whilst finding time to write a book to finding a job and earning money. Now, since I'm not exactly your ordinary teenager (if there was ever such a species) I am looking to the web to find jobs. I have always enjoyed the prospect of creating a service, or writing a downloadable piece of software. The problem is I've never been able to find the ideas or the time. Now I have the time all I need is the right idea and an awesome implementation.
I've worked fairly hard - along with Phil - to get CodeIgniter Con from an idea to reality. All we need now is to sell tickets. ;)
Now college is over and I know my grade (the benefit of doing a BTEC) I can look forward to uni!
So I'm done with college, I've written about it before but this time I get to speak about the whole process and everything that bugged me.