I was a web designer, had a decent job, a portfolio and stuff. Then i realized programming is my thing. I left my job, deleted my portfolio (jorgeguberte.com, by the way, drop by. :] ) and began learning Python, Javascript, patterns, anti-patterns, App Engine, idioms, anti-idioms, refactoring, and the whole package. Now i got no job, nothing in my portfolio (yet, still working on it), a daughter, but i'm fully satisfied. Seriously, i wanna learn as much as i can, and here on Stackoverflow i find brilliant people to learn from and with, and i try to help whenever i can as well.