Wednesday 1 October 2008

Where I’ve come from; where I am now; where I’m going.

Hi, I'm Brad Howell, a 26 year old first year student on the HND Interactive Media course at Wakefield College.

I find myself here at this point in life to seek a positive change and new direction, not only with my career but also as an individual. My journey so far has been both exciting and emotional, managing to fit an amazing amount of experiences into such a short period of time.

As far as education goes, I feel this is somewhat limited leaving high school with only the one GCSE in Art and Design. Although I would like to think that life experience has made up greatly for the lack of academic practice. This including such things as running my own company in the construction industry and superbike race team at British Superbike level.

From leaving school I immediately found full time employment to contribute financially towards one of the greatest passions in my life, this being motorcycle racing. Having competed successfully in the sport for over a decade, I now feel the time is right for me to sit back and be realistic about my future aspirations.

This is where the HND Interactive Media
course comes into play. I strongly feel design and creativity have always been within me and where better to display this other than web design. This is a new direction I am eagerly awaiting to take and welcome the challenges that may lie ahead.

Securing a position as a web designer in the industry is obviously my main goal, along with many others including discovering my maximum potential, creating a professional portfolio and the ability to learn new skills. I feel that successful completion of the HND course will offer all these opportunities and more.

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