Category: Post-Apocalyptic Interviews

Job Title:  Product Manager Industry or specialization:  I work at a global retail bank and I specialise in the things people need to do to service their accounts online or on a mobile app, like viewing statements or getting reminded to pay their credit card bill! I love it because while loads of my colleagues... Read More

Job Title:  Software Engineer Place of Work:   ROLLER software, which is used to manage attraction venues.  Industry or specialization: I tend to choose family-friendly problem domains, like an afterschool care provider in the past, or now ROLLER which is software for running attraction venues. These are easy for me to get excited about, since my... Read More

Job Title: Editor/writer Place of Work: Contractor (currently LogRocket & CSS-Tricks) Industry or specialization: I specialize in producing content for UX designers, software developers, and product managers What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I needed a website for my first business, and enjoyed the process of building it so much that I... Read More

Job Title: Front-end developer Place of Work: Hactar.is Industry or specialization: Tech for good websites, quite often charities What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I first exchanged code for money in late 2012. I had just finished my bachelor’s degree in multimedia. However, throughout all my teenage years I was already making... Read More

Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer Place of Work: DataStax Industry or specialization: I specialize in building with AI. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? Glass balls, glossy Tux penguins, and creating great UX. What does a typical day or week look like for you? What sort of things do you do? I... Read More

Editor’s Note: This interview is a transcript of the conversation Stéphanie and John had over Zoom at the end of March 2025. It’s lightly edited for clarity and to remove all the stupid things John said. Job Title: Haha! It’s a good question. So my job title is officially UX Researcher and I’m doing a... Read More

Job Title:  Founder of moonlearning.io, theSolo.io and prettycheaphouses.com (in the making) Place of Work:  At my tiny desk at home Industry or specialization:  I like making stuff—digital products that I enjoy and find helpful, a lot around learning and teaching. Ranging from online courses (moonlearning.io), ebooks, or any other digital products—whatever sparks my curiosity and feels worth building. What got... Read More

Job Title: Co-founder Place of Work: CodePen Industry or specialization:  I’m a web developer and designer who likes to build stuff that helps other web developers and designers be better at those things. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? It’s fun! Looking back, I think it was the combination of whatever weird... Read More

Job Title: Application Studio Director, Web Developer Place of Work: Journey Group Industry or specialization: Journey Group is an independent design company in Charlottesville, Virginia. I lead our application studio, which specializes in web applications that empower small teams to accomplish their day-to-day work. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? As I... Read More

Job Title: Engineering Manager Place of Work: Snowflake Industry or specialization:  I work at B2B SaaS companies and specialize in building infrastructure and tooling that helps product teams move faster and ship higher quality software What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I’ve always enjoyed hacking and building simple tools for myself. I... Read More

Job Title: Marketing Wrangler Place of Work: Automattic (specifically, the WordPress.com product) Industry or specialization: Automattic is the umbrella company for many different publishing and ecommerce products. WordPress.com is in the website and blog space. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I would never have guessed I’d end up here. Degree in aerospace... Read More

Job Title:  Designer Industry or specialization: I’m an independent graphic and UX/UI designer.  My speciality isn’t confined to a specific industry but rather in delivering versatile designs that cater to the unique needs of diverse clients. From corporations to solopreneurs, I’ve worked across the spectrum, and I enjoy the challenge each project brings. Rather than... Read More

Job Title: Frontend Engineer Place of Work:  Sight Reading Factory Industry or specialization:  We do music education software. I also have an open source project, abcjs, that puts standard sheet music in a browser. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? In the ’90s I created a few simple html sites for personal... Read More

Job Title: Managing Member Place of Work:   Deena Warner Design LLC Industry or specialization:  We cater to the book publishing industry. Most of our clients are authors and publishers. What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? The public library! Around 1994, I took a seminar at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library on HTML, even... Read More

Job Title:  Whatever my clients want to call me, which is usually “the blond guy that keeps our website working.” But I also do plenty of work in design and technical writing.  Place of Work: I’m an independent contractor but spend most of my time blogging at Smashing Magazine. So, where I work might be... Read More

Job Title:  Retired Software Developer What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web?  Long time software developer and engineer eventually led to DOD web support role. What does a typical day or week look like for you? What sort of things do you do? Worked on multiple web systems in multiple computer languages using... Read More

Job Title: Owner, drw Design, LLC Industry or specialization: drw Design builds websites for a diverse group of local, national and international clients.   What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I got on the internet early in the 1990s through my corporate job as a game show producer for an interactive TV network.... Read More

Job Title:  Director of Content Management Place of Work: The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) Industry or specialization:  I direct SEO strategy and manage website content for CCL (which is a top-ranked, global nonprofit that delivers leadership training and is based in Greensboro, NC). What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I would... Read More

Job Title: Web Developer Place of Work: University of Virginia Industry or specialization: Higher education What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I created my first website as a graduate student circa 1993 while working at a Government research lab. The World Wide Web was new, and I wrote all the HTML using Microsoft... Read More

Job Title Senior Software Engineer Industry your in or any specialization you’ve done I work on APIs and web services in the financial technology industry. What got you into Web Design/Development? In high school, I built my first website for my parents’ veterinary hospital. As part of this first website experience, I built a web application... Read More

Job Title: Web Developer Place of Work: University of Virginia Industry or specialization:  Higher Education What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? Finished my degree in Graphic Design and found it difficult to find work in the field. Applied those skills to web design and found web development was a good fit for... Read More

Job Title:  Web Developer and Marketing Technologist Place of Work: UVA McIntire School of Commerce Industry or area of focus:  I focus on web development and technology within the MarTech [Marketing Technology] stack to help organizations reach audiences and expand engagement.  What got you into Web Design/Development/working on the web? I started my career as... Read More

Job Title: Web Manager  Place of Work: UVA Engineering  Industry or Specialization: I worked in higher education communication.  What got you into Web Design/Development? Leading up to my current role, I worked in communications support and administrative support in higher ed. In hindsight, even in prior non-technical roles, there was always some web or digital... Read More

Job Title: Acting manager, Rotunda Digital Imprint Place of Work: University of Virginia Press (book publisher) Industry your place of work utilizes: I work in academic publishing. We create digital editions and web interfaces to interact with databases for research in history, literature and architecture. My relevant background is in graphic design, web development and... Read More

Job Title: IT Program Manager Place of Work:   NC Government –  Dept. of IT – Environmental Quality  Industry your place of work utilizes:  I work in North Carolina state government for the Department of Information Technology and focus on modernizing how the state does environmental permitting.  What got you into Web Design/Development? In the late 90s... Read More