General /prog/ survey

Age:
Preferred language(s):
Educational background:
Experience (in years):
Job title (if applicable):

How did you start programming?
What was your first ``real'' program?

Age: 29++
Preferred language(s): Perl, C, Ruby, Bash, Cisco IOS
Educational background: never did finish college
Experience (in years): Was a CAD draftsman, a concrete finisher, a graphic designer, before starting as tier one tech support becoming...
Job title (if applicable): mid-level unix admin (6 years on the job) / network admin