Hey, I'm Holly Pryce!

My Story

When I was 14 years old, I became obsessed with a website called Piczo. Piczo was a platform aimed at teenagers that allowed you to build websites using drag and drop functionality. Think Squarespace, but at a time when nobody viewed websites on their phones and glitter graphics were commonplace.

I spent every free moment I had on Piczo, trying to create the best website I possibly could. But it quickly became apparent that their drag and drop functionality was limited and I wanted to learn how to make a “proper website”. This is when I discovered HTML and CSS.

I taught myself to code by tweaking other people’s code. It was very much trial and error. But I learned enough to be able to move away from Piczo to build my very own website.

Shortly after moving away from Piczo I discovered WordPress. At the time I enjoyed blogging and WordPress seemed like the tool all the “professional” bloggers were using. It was certainly a step up from Piczo but I loved building websites with it.

For many years, through school, college and university, blogging and building websites was just a hobby. I went to university to study Geography but a year into my degree I realised I’d made the wrong choice subject-wise. However, I decided to continue with my degree and just figure out what my next move would be after graduation.

I graduated with a 1st class degree in Geography and immediately started applying for jobs. I applied for a few web developer positions on a whim and to my complete shock I got an interview for one. And I was even more shocked to discover during the interview that I actually knew what I was talking about!

I was offered the position of junior web developer at a company specialising in directory website for tourism boards across the world, and after just 1 year in this position I was promoted, dropping the “junior” from my title.

About a year after my promotion I started to feel like I’d hit a glass ceiling in that company and my career wasn’t moving forward. I wanted more of a challenge and the self-employed life was calling me.

After a particularly terrible couple of months at that job, my mental health hit rock bottom and I handed my notice in without another job to go to. It was the most rebellious and risky decision I had ever made, but it also turned out to be the best.

Running my own business was something that really interested me, and so within a few months of me leaving my job, I got to work building my own web development business. 3 and a half years later, here I am! Still running my business and loving every minute of it.