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VB5 and 6 - AOL phishing and mIRC scripting. Wrote a few practical demos like p2p chat, then got fed up of the distribution challenges inherent in windows runti

VB5 and 6 - AOL phishing and mIRC scripting. Wrote a few practical demos like p2p chat, then got fed up of the distribution challenges inherent in windows runtimes (back in the day) so got into web development via PHP. Now I almost exclusively build web-based software, fullstack. I needed to get a job too. I was also into modding games. I got rejected from a low-paid game developer contract to make game textures that I could do in my sleep - I thought I was doomed. Then I got a break at a web agency, then worked for a startup on some SaaS and then started working for household names in London. And here I am focussing on serverless stuff, building teams, helping orgs. Amazing to think how lucky I am really. But a lot of hard work and sacrifice too.

sph 4y ago
> AOL phishing and mIRC scripting Phishing for you, for me it was binding Sub7 to innocent binaries, sending it to people on IRC and then opening their CD drive when they least expected it. Fun times. Nice to see you went through the mIRC phase as well. I keep thinking I should write an article on the lost art of mIRC scripts... it was all about writing code and feeling cool about it.
- beaker52 4y ago
  Oh, yeah! I did the Sub7 thing too. And Back Orifice. Good times. I was the scriptyist little script kiddie ever. I largely had no idea what I was doing, but whatever it was, I wanted to do it.