I had no computer until I was 18 (couldn't buy one :/), so in order to compensate, I stayed in the school's computer lab whenever I was allowed, where I played mostly with TurboPascal and BASIC. Just after the high school, I started volunteering in the local IT company, doing some VB stuff. After 3rd month they have employed me on a full-time basis. 11 years FF, I am in Germany where almost everybody working in the IT has a degree, developing PKI-related products in .NET, and before that I rejected a CTO offer.

I still learn and read a lot, I have always one course going (most recently on Coursera).