Straight out of university, I connected with a small software house in London through an online business networking forum, joining as the sixth person in the company.
My career in IT begun in computer retail, then, following my dream of being a software developer, a short period of relational database programming - RPG/400 for IBM AS/400s - before deciding to attend university as a mature student.
Joining at the height of the dotcom period; we grew quickly to sixty people before the crash, when my million dollars of share options then vanished into thin air.
I worked on some pioneering projects, including the company’s own product, RemoteApps. This was the first modular, scalable, web app framework with integrated Content Management, Commerce, and CRM functionality.