Andy is our Lead Web Developer and understands things many earth lifeforms can’t even begin to comprehend. We ask him questions about what a developer even means and more importantly, which character in Star Wars he would be.
If you weren’t a developer and somehow became a superhero, whose superpowers would you choose to wield when Thanos and his army of minions invade Earth?
Being a bald man, I feel the need to give love to the few bald superheroes out there, so I’d have to choose the powers of Professor X. Not only does he look good, the mind control would come in handy also.
For people who don’t understand what a developer does, how would you put it in layman’s terms for people trying to comprehend what you do?
A developer basically takes a visual design, and uses coding and programming languages to translate it into what you will use and interact with on the internet.
If you could create the ultimate band/group of people to play together living or dead, who would be in your dream group and why?
I would have loved to hear what Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan would have done together. Mostly because Bob picked up where Woody left off, and seeing them grow together would have been wild.
What do you enjoy about programming? Do you like it for the sake of creating or the challenge or both?
The thing I enjoy most about programming is solving the puzzle of how to get everything to work. I’m a sucker for puzzles, and one with so many parts and variables excites me.
If you could have Jack Nicholson (your favorite actor) be in any movie during his prime, what would it be? (It can’t be Over The Top)
You know what would have been fun to see Jack as? Dumbledore in all the Harry Potter movies.
You have been at TAG for quite a few years now, any projects that you are particularly proud of or especially enjoyed working on?
I’ve always had a lot of fun working on multiple versions of the Hungry Hobo website. We’ve always been able to push the limits in terms of design and development on those, and they came out really cool.
If you could be any character in the Star Wars galaxy, who would you choose and why? (excluding Jar Jar Binks, no one wants that Andy)
I totally would want to be Lando Calrissian because he’s suave, charming, and wears a cape.
What is your favorite part about working at TAG?
I love working in a creative collaborative environment, and that the work we produce benefits from that.