MJS 040: Kitson Kelly

Panel:  Charles Max Wood Guest: Kitson Kelly This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kitson Kelly. Kitson is a return guest, previously on JavaScript Jabber 277. Kitson is the CTO at SitePen, and has been working and maintaining Dojo 2 for the last couple years. Kitson talks about his journey as a developer. First, sparking his interest with old Atari games and getting his first computer in his early years.  Kitson talks about his education background and introduction to computers in high school and hang out with other in the same programming niche. Kitson talks about his challenges not having a degree in computer science, but still very successful as a developer after climbing the corporate latter. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Atari Games and old first computerHangout with the computer nerdsCommunity collegeNo actual formal computer science degreeTech Support and Self TaughtChallenges with not degreeClimbing the latterTroubles even with a degreeIs a degree in computer science really needed?Experience verses degreeWorking with other people is importantGetting into JavaScript and DojoWhat kept you working in JavaScriptHow do you get to being CTO and SitePen?What are you most proud of with the work on DojoContributionsSide Projects  - Dojo 2and much, much more! Links:  https://github.com/kitsonkKistson Kellyhttps://www.sitepen.comhttps://dojo.io Picks: Kitson SVG Noun Project Charles adminlte.ioRuby on Rails, Jquerypodwrench.com