Information Technology

Josh Madagan

Web Application Developer

High School: Sherando High School ('02)

Career & Technical Ed. Program Studied: Design, Multimedia & Web Technologies, Computer Network Software Operations, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems

Additional Studies/Training: James Madison University (Computer Science major)

CTE Courses Helped this Student Turn an Interest into an Occupation

“Both of my older brothers were very interested in computers, “ recalls Josh Madagan, “I saw my brother doing his thing with his computer; that was really cool to me.”

Josh was able to pursue his interest through a whole series of IT-related CTE courses at Sherando High school. Through those courses, Josh says, “we learned about software development, a couple of different languages (Pascal and C++), CISCO, Web development, and multimedia development.”

Now working as a developer for an IT consulting firm, Josh says his high school studies “introduced me to problem-solving, especially in coding. Networking stuff, definitely. I’m doing a lot now that I learned then. There are basics and fundamentals of programming that are true for every language, and that’s where I learned them.”