1) Self taught from RTFM, various websites/tutorials, IRC & mailing lists.
2) Around 12.
3) 19
I first started to hack around on Linux, which progressively moved me to code stuff to hack around.
I've started working at 17 as a system administrator (at an hosting company then a startup), when it occurred to me that most SA work can be automated or controlled by code (I sometimes like to say that system administrators are the result of a code error), so I decided to became more a programmer than a SA around nineteen.
Before that I'd have developed a lot but just personal projects or sysadmin needs.
Since that i've worked in a couple of agencies, done some freelance stuff, and joined two years ago a startup with some ex-colleagues.
I've kept doing sysadmins tasks, perfecting my knowledges and learned new stuff like JavaScript & client side frameworks. I really love my sysadmins skills because I think they make me a better dev, as i'm able to understand how my code will run on the servers and the different complications.
2) Around 12.
3) 19
I first started to hack around on Linux, which progressively moved me to code stuff to hack around.
I've started working at 17 as a system administrator (at an hosting company then a startup), when it occurred to me that most SA work can be automated or controlled by code (I sometimes like to say that system administrators are the result of a code error), so I decided to became more a programmer than a SA around nineteen.
Before that I'd have developed a lot but just personal projects or sysadmin needs.
Since that i've worked in a couple of agencies, done some freelance stuff, and joined two years ago a startup with some ex-colleagues.
I've kept doing sysadmins tasks, perfecting my knowledges and learned new stuff like JavaScript & client side frameworks. I really love my sysadmins skills because I think they make me a better dev, as i'm able to understand how my code will run on the servers and the different complications.