It's tough to take this too seriously since it seems you created this name just to make this comment. What approaches did you try before 'owing your career to gatsby'?
Consider that the downside of your being wrong is that you drive a newcomer away from this community. That's surely not what you want, and definitely the opposite of what this place is for.
I would honestly be interested to know how many self taught people making things work building basic sites for unglamorous corners of the internet cruise this site.
To be honest I don't really feel welcome here because I'm not sophisticated (prob the best word for it) enough. But that's ok.