I had a different trajectory, but a similar end point (biology -> freelancing -> full-time web dev). The biggest similarity I noticed between myself and the OP

I had a different trajectory, but a similar end point (biology -> freelancing -> full-time web dev). The biggest similarity I noticed between myself and the OP is that you have to put yourself in the way of opportunity. For me it was building side projects and hosting Startup Frontier. For the OP it was ruby meetups and send out an email to the list. It takes a lot of guts to cold-email people like that, I have a lot of respect for the OP. Good work!