Ben Hong is a self-taught developer whose origin story harkens back to the days when he was a naive kid building terrible websites like “Fortune Cookie Universe” on Angelfire and Geocities with numerous GIFs and marquee elements. After a few detours and becoming an I/O Psychologist, he would finally connect the dots and bring his passion for technology and user experience together.

Aside from coding, he is a huge advocate giving back to the community through teaching, mentoring, speaking and organizing events. He is a co-founder of the VueDC and VueMeetups. And in his free time, you can find him searching for new culinary experiences, traveling the world, or exploring some new hobby he recently learned about.