Interview with Dan Philibin and Michael Castilla
With Dan Philibin and Michael Castilla, Students / Entreprenuers of WPCoder
There are two young web professionals I've been watching for the past two years, they are Dan Philibin and Michael Castilla. I came across them after seeing WPCoder, a business they run together for marking up mock ups into Wordpress themes. I was astounded to find that these two guys are a mere sophomore (Dan) and senior (Michael) in high school. Read those last two words again, I said HIGH SCHOOL. I see adults struggle with some of the things these guys are doing. I knew they had to speak to my students and we've been trying for a year to get them to Skype in but since they have school all day it's been difficult.
We set up a live Interview where we picked their brains about how they've learned, what's possible, and their future plans. These two guys are truly amazing and the work they are producing is well above their age bracket. It was inspiring to have them and good for my students to see what is possible, despite age.
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What are people saying?
Great interview - very inspiring. I had seen the WPCoder site before but didn’t realise the designers were high schoolers.
I’m a stay at home mum about to have my fourth child and teaching myself web design via whatever resources I can find on the web - if a couple of teenage boys can do it so can I!
I would love to see that list of links Dan and Michael were going to email the class. Looking forward to more inspiring interviews - thanks for sharing Mr Brown.
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I don’t like the sound of all those lists he’s making - it’s like intriguing too divers notes at school; you sense you’ve achieved something when you haven’t.
Dan Philibin
12.04.09
04:05 PM
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to do the interview! Great class.