Personally, I have been using a computer since I was a child when my that my father bought (second hand mind you) the very first IBM PC ever produced. That makes me a 16 year vet on PC's and MSDOS.

From there, programs in Basic. GOTO ROCKS! I've been programming since I was 12 (that makes it 8 years now).

I'm currently in my third year in a BEng program, going for my Computer Engineering degree (Systems Specialization - GO MC68HC11!) at university.

I am NOT a hacker/cracker but I AM a developer concerned with security.