I started my 'IT Career' building and supporting machines for a local white box store. Later I moved into a development gig and learned Visual C++ was not for me.
I did learn, though, that I loved making machines talk to each other.
With this I moved into the SMB world as 'The IT Guy' for start-ups.
I built my way up to being the 'IT Manager' for dot-coms until THAT fell apart.
Now I provide tech support for a major computer manufacturer's Enterprise Server line.
I'm the OS and Software support analyst for my team.