Diane Sherman:  

For the background information, I'll make it short and sweet. Graduated from WCHS with a plan to attend UNC-CH and major in journalism. Went to UNC on a full scholarship with my son, Travis (who was born in my junior year of high school), in tow. Attended for a semester and a half and decided it wasn't for me, so I dropped out, moved back to Warren County, got married to Todd (Davis) in 1986. After a couple of crappy jobs around town, I started working as a full-time staff and features writer at the Warren Record in 1987. I really loved this job, and I was doing what I had wanted to do - be a writer! Todd and I had another child, my daughter Casey, in 1990. In 1992, we left Warren County, moved to Wake County. I began working full-time in the Trust department at BB&T in downtown Raleigh. Eventually, I took on a part-time job at the News & Observer doing ad layout and design for the prepress department. In 1994-5 timeframe, the internet came along and I was smitten. I started working part-time in the N&Os new media department on their internet helpdesk. When that division was sold to Mindspring in 1996, I made a tough decision and quit my job at BB&T and went to work full-time at Interpath (then owned by Capitol Broadcasting) as a member of the web development team. This was the beginning of an exciting path for me - I absolutely loved the web and learned everything I could. Within months, I moved to another position at BB&T doing intranet web development. A couple of years later, I ended up in Research Triangle Park at a telecommunications company doing intranet web development. I was having a blast and meeting lots of new a...Expand for more