I've been working in the IT field since 1989 were I created microfiche, printed and bursted forms. By the mid 1990s I was a lead shift operator working on HP3000s and the MPE OS. Eventually I made the move to PCs in between learning a thing or two about OS/2, networking, switches, T1s, Datamizers, Muxes, Packet switches, wiring and, oh yeah, troubleshooting. My biggest foray into programming came via Delphi 1.0 and then VBA programming in the Office suite, particulary Access. (Amazing, when that is your only tool, what you can do.) Currently I develop in ASP.NET, C#, JSON, Xml, JavaScript, Linq, T-SQL as well as support several Classic ASP apps.