Rachel Andrew | |
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 in 2015 | |
| Alma mater | Open University |
| Occupation(s) | Author Web Developer |
| Known for | CSS expertise |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | rachelandrew |
Rachel Andrew is a British web developer, author and speaker. She is an Invited Expert to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSS Working Group, [1] Google Developer Expert, [1] and a former member of the Web Standards Project. [2] She is the editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine. [1]
Andrew took online courses at Open University. [3]
Andrew began working as a web developer in 1996 [1] at a .com company that folded during the Dot-com bubble burst. [4] She said that she became self-employed afterward because it was more stable. [4]
In 2001, she founded edgeofmyseat.com, [5] [6] the web development company behind Perch CMS, a content management system, and Notist, an application for building public speaking portfolios . [6]
Andrew is a Technical Writer at Google, [7] and works on MDN Web Docs on behalf of Google and Mozilla. [6]
Andrew has authored or co-authored more than twenty books about web development. [8] [5] She is also a regular contributor to A List Apart, [9] and speaker (notably at An Event Apart). [10]
Andrew left school at age 16, reporting that her General Certificates of Secondary Education (GCSEs) were "dreadful". [5] She originally trained to be a dancer and choreographer, and worked backstage in the theatre as a carpenter. [5] At age 22, Andrew became pregnant and started freelancing as a typist, processing documents like Curriculum Vitaes (CVs). [5]
During her time as a typist, Andrew spent time on internet forums to connect with other parents, and learned HTML from the other participants. [5] She later taught herself other programming languages and started working as a web developer. [5]
Andrew lives in Bristol, United Kingdom [11] and has a daughter. [5]
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