{"id":2,"date":"2007-08-14T21:32:58","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T04:32:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-05-23T21:01:32","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T03:01:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/architester.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who am I?<\/h3>\n

My name is Chris Edwards and I am a software developer with 15 years of professional experience writing software, plus many more prior to that as a hobbyist. I love software design and development. I consider myself blessed to love what I do for a living.<\/p>\n

I am married to the woman of my dreams (Niki), and we have two sons: Hayden (5) and Parker (1). I truly don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deserve the family God has given me, and I am thankful for them.<\/p>\n

I also serve as an elder and worship leader at Hill Country Bible Church, Hutto. My life was radically changed in 2004 when I really came to know who Jesus Christ was, and I understood how God sent him to die in my place, to pay for my sins, so that I would not have to pay for them myself. I accepted Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s payment for my sins, and my life is forever changed. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but serve God in any way I can out of gladness and thankfulness for how good of a God He is.<\/p>\n

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How did I become a developer?<\/h3>\n

When I was a kid, I saw the movie \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wargames\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with Matthew Broderick. I was fascinated by computers and made up my mind then and there that I wanted to be a programmer. So, here I am. <\/p>\n

Why this blog?<\/h3>\n

I have learned much in my career as a developer. The more I learn, the more I am aware of how much I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know. Some things I learned \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the hard way\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. And in retrospect, I wish someone had been there to set me straight. Most of what I know was learned in self-study reading books & blogs, and good old fashioned trial and error. Since I learned much from what others have written, I felt that it is only fitting that I contribute to others so that they can do the same. This blog is my effort to help others along in their career. I hope and pray you find it useful.<\/p>\n

-Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who am I? My name is Chris Edwards and I am a software developer with 15 years of professional experience writing software, plus many more prior to that as a hobbyist. I love software design and development. I consider myself blessed to love what I do for a living. I am married to the woman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t