I wrote my first program at 16 on an RML 380Z (back when BASIC was still a proper acronym!) Apart from all the stuff I dabbled with in the past, most of my work is currently done with Javascript/AngularJs, C# and SQL Server (with a bit of MongoDB thrown in).
I've been either coding, leading a development team (while being a hands-on architect/developer) ever since.
I'm interested in functional-style JavaScript, and I'm getting into Angular 2/4 using reactive forms.
I find that the best way to learn is to read enough to get started then dive right in. I'm not very interested in doing exercises - I need to have a real problem to solve. That's what really drives me - finding solutions to real problems
motto: Love your work - you spend too much of your life at it not to.