I've been doing PHP for a little over a year now, and I initially started with PC's in general back when I was in grade 7, or when I was 10 to 12 years old.
Since day one, I've always wanted to make things, not use things, so here I am! Like a lot of other people, I started out with HTML, but soon found it too "dumb" to do what I wanted it to do. I took a break from web stuff altogether for a year and did mostly Java applications. Then, just over one year ago, a friend convinced me to try PHP. It was a bit of a switch from Java, eg: all the dollar signs for variable names, automatic variable type detection. but all in all I like it and want to do big things in PHP.
One of my visions is a CMS, focusing on enhanced theme's and better user friendlyness.
I hope I can contribute around here, I dont know why I havent joined a PHP board sooner, it probably would have helped on those brain freeze days where my error was a misplaced bracket or something