I guess it depends on how you look at it. I first started programming 20 years ago as a kid playing around with GW-BASIC and then moving on to Pascal. It was al

I guess it depends on how you look at it. I first started programming 20 years ago as a kid playing around with GW-BASIC and then moving on to Pascal. It was all playing around and teaching myself based on stuff I found on various BBS'. I was intrigued right away and programming just became a passion since I could write my own programs and make the computer do what I wanted it to do. Professionally though, I've been programming for about 15 years - though I feel that I've only really become a good programmer in the last 5 or so years.