1. During the time, as was alluded, I was watching all these folks I knew were knuckleheads, getting all "tech-bro" (That is not a new thing). They would often treat me in fairly shabby fashion, for not jumping on their bandwagon.

I did get pretty good at Web stuff, but as a volunteer side gig. I've actually been designing Web sites since the mid-'90s, but I never made it a full-time vocation.

2. I think it was about five years, before the next bubble began to form, as Google started getting big. 2007, was when smartphones showed up (the iPhone). That changed everything, but it took a few years, to really become ubiquitous.