Forty-something programmer (diversified into various forms of consulting). Self-taught from printed matter before the Internet existed. Started coding on a ZX81

Forty-something programmer (diversified into various forms of consulting). Self-taught from printed matter before the Internet existed. Started coding on a ZX81, moved up to Apple ][, then to Macs. Dropped out of college to start working as a coder at 20. I started out as a freelance games programmer but that was a bit beyond my business (not coding) skills of the time, I took a job at a startup(ish) instead. Nearly all of my learning happened on the job, as a result of taking on projects involving technologies that I had no clue about when I started and mostly mastered by the time I finished. Pretty much what is now called a "full stack" developer as a result.