I graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology way the hell back in the mid-90's.
I did not then want, nor have I ever wanted, to be a TV meteorologist. I've got nothing against them - I just never wanted some program director to tell me my sun graphics had to have smiling faces with sunglasses and my wind graphics had to have a blowing cloud.
One of my goals was to work for the National Weather Service. But when the government suggested I could go forecast weather in Point Barrow, Alaska , I politely declined and went to work for the parent Agency, NOAA, instead. No forecasting, but I got to do satellite meteorology.
And, along the way, I learned about designing websites. So I built one for the program I started at NOAA.
12 years later, the freaking thing is still there. Same one I designed and built. They still use it. Gotta love the government.
I eventually left for the big bucks of web development in the 90's. Then the bubble burst, then one of my clients hired me and now, 6 years later:
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