I started working as a developer working on the web in 1995, and somehow managed to avoid the bags full of cash and sports cars that were falling from the sky.

I started working as a developer working on the web in 1995, and somehow managed to avoid the bags full of cash and sports cars that were falling from the sky. I did my first internet startup in 1997, a "secure remote data storage solution" which bombed due to partnering issues unfortunately. I did get to spend lots of time consulting on companies doing things that were varying degrees of ridiculous, which was a great learning experience. To this day I get a kick out of the people who told me the internet was a toy that wouldn't ever amount to anything. (This was in 93-95 when I was still learning and convinced that I wanted to do web work).