I've probably been programming for 5 years now. I've had about 2 - 3 years in the real world and 5 years in the fake world (college). I'm eventually going to get my BA in Computer Science. (I'm a 5th year senior, may be going on 6th )

I actually started out by going to the local library and reading a C book. I used to make Tick tac Toe and simple Arena fighting style games.

I'm mainly now doing a lot of web-based programming, so my skills in jsp, php, java, javascript, etc have ramped up :)