I spent some short time programming, a lot more time scripting and being an administrator, worked with some databases... and I ended up working as an IT support / grocery shop assistant / cleaning lady / ... person. Today I really wish that I had accepted a nice offer to work as a software dev a few years ago. Nowadays the only software I can write is the one I design myself. But to at least do that I'd have to have enough spare time and a working brain.