Depending on how you choose to see it, I either started programming around 1996 or 2016. Back in 1996 I started to learn HTML (It actually was considered programming back then, mind you), in 2016 I took the leap and became a full time C# developer working exclusively with Microsoft Azure.
What I did in the twenty years in between, and why I pursued a career in programming, is probably going to be explained in due time.
For now, welcome to my adventures in and around programming!