I think I was about 13 or 14, my dad had been saying to me for a while that I should start learning HTML. He was fascinated at the introduction of Java around that time. So one day he came home and launched a 2 inch thick HTML book at me, thus my introduction to programming. Started off mostly in simple web development, moved on to PHP when I found phpBB and started fixing broken forums (well, mostly ones that I broke haha) and creating mods. I worked for them for a while on their styles and moderation teams.
I spent a year at college learning C++, was supposed to be a 2 year course but they changed the framework and kicked everyone off the last year. Didn't go back to uni until a few years later and studied Web Systems - learning ASP.net, C#, more PHP, working with SQLite, a little bit of Java and Direct X and more general web dev stuff (built a custom PHP framework with a classmate).
Most of the stuff I've done has been self taught - web docs and stack overflow :) Over the past few years I've moved more into PHP again (customising WordPress plugins and themes), tinkering with Ruby a little (building an IRC bot and using it to solve puzzles), working with SharePoint 2013, Workflows and InfoPath forms. Hoping to get back to C# a bit more over the next year.
Like most, this used to be a hobby. Crazy that I've managed to make a career out of it