Me too actually. When I first started coming here I had barely written a line of code and was rapidly discovering my chosen career path of aerospace engineer was boring the hell out of me and not what I thought it would be. Then all of a sudden I found myself reading about programming non-stop, a good hint that a change is at hand!

So I was able to talk my way into the software development team and have been learning like mad ever since, thanks mostly to this site.

Even though I had little experience, the sheer variety of technologies and points of view I've seen here has made an enormous difference in getting me started.