Ask HN: What's the story behind your first start?

Did you impress people with your side projects in high school and it lead to freelance work?

Did you drop out of high school, sell makeup, travel to the North Pole where inspiration lead you to build an ice sculpting automaton business?

Did you start a new company fresh out of university? or did you do an internship that lead to a job?

How did you get started in your present field? (and perhaps in the interest of contemplation, where do you want to end up? was it worth it?)