In the beginning like many programmers my age started developing an interest in programming while using a 48k Spectrum typing in listings from magazines.First 'proper' job was a year long work placement at a company in Malvern who made equipment for maintaining helicopters (rotor blades specifically). That was using C with a MS-DOS environment but didn't quite ever get out on any helicopter field trips! We used software Windows Write on Windows 2 and some of the computers would only have green screens.Furthered education after that for a few years then moved on to learn a less well known language in Omnis 7 (a 4GL) and subsequently an even less well known one called Obsydian for another company in Malvern. Used SQL Server back then which being 1998 was back in it's early days.Took another role in 1998 writing more Omnis and moved on from there to VB 6 for a year. Progressed to learn a lot of VB .Net in 2002 which we took in it's Beta versions. Still using SQL Server and been using it ever since. Currently at eTech in Solihull where I've been doing all sorts of stuff, VB .Net, some C#, 12 months of IOS (iPad and iPhone), Microsoft Compact Framework, SQL Server (again) and Silverlight. The only goal I have is to simply create, solve, learn and to keep enjoying it! (apart from winning the lottery and other such things...)