Got my first job as a senior in high school at 17 at a printing company doing HTML and Web Design stuff for the company's website.

Started working full time after I graduated, then after a few months went back to part time.

They started training me in new programming languages. First ColdFusion, then Java and JSP. When they started a new dotcom company, I got moved into that, and started working full time (4 days a week) while commuting to Dulles VA, and then NYC.

When they started laying people off (1999-2001), I began working 5 days a week so I could keep my job. I've been at the same job ever since, and it's my first real job.