Early work...
I've heard programmers are often asked how old they were when they first started writing code. Answer: 13. And when did I complete and release my first piece of software? I was 15. It was a BBS door game written in Turbo C++ using the OpenDoors Library. I even made a couple hundred bucks on it.
Alas, the World Wide Web interrupted my plans for the SciFi war game sequel.
After high school I went to work for an ISP, shortly before cable internet. Using the provider's T1 line, I installed a Debian server and learned how to host web sites (and mail, dns, mysql, etc). A year or so later, I had a few servers colocated with that ISP's ISP, hee hee.
In another few years, after struggling through the dot-com crash, I sold my customer base and servers (then up to about 40) to a larger hosting company in Atlanta, helped them through the transition and then swore off the IT industry for the gambling industry. Maybe not the best decision... But I had done well for a high school graduate who started with a book on C++.
From then to around 2016, I occasionally rediscovered coding for certain projects, such as a poker hand range equity calculator (github), and a python script to pull the crypto-coin prices from exchanges to check for trades.
Beginning in 2016, I refocused in software architecture education, culminating in an online Masters in Data Analytics.
And Now...
The days of self-starting a project seem to be ending and I'm seeking a team to join!
While I don't have programming experience in the way of employment to list, instead, I can show you...
My Github contains most of my projects publicly.