Discussion on: What has your developer journey looked like?

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[Freelance web developer]
Dabbled in freelancing as a web developer using self-taught skills on HTML, 
CSS (Thanks Chris Coyier) and JavaScript
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[CS student at NCSU]
After dropping out twice from schools, I met the love of my life and decided I
needed to finish school and decided to pursue a degree in computer science 
as it felt like the correct journey into a developer career
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[Web developer/designer]
Was a web developer and designer for an online clothing store. Found the job 
off of Craigslist. Learned a lot about ecommerce and marketing.
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[Web developer]
Worked for an agency converting Photoshop mockups to websites run on 
Wordpress and custom PHP applications. Also found job off of Craigslist.
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[Front-end developer]
First stint at a local startup as a front-end developer learning what it felt like 
to be on a product team with other devs, product managers and designers.
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[Senior web developer for NCSU]
Worked for the communication department of my alma mater. Learned what 
it was like to do development within a higher education role.
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[Senior software engineer]
Worked for a medical startup. Learned a lot about electronic health record 
systems and about the health industry in general from working here. 
Fell in love with Ember.js.
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[Interaction designer]
In this role it was moving away from a pure developer role and more of a design role. 
This was my attempt to see what it felt like to be on the design side of product
management. Learned a great deal. Especially about design systems and how to better 
communicate between design and developers.
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[CTO]
Currently I serve as the CTO of an agency. Crafting software solutions for our customers 
and their users, mentoring developers and advising on how technology could be 
used to solve problems. This has been the most challenging role in my career. 
Imposter syndrome is always at peak, but am also comforted that I have a team of 
super smart people that help me do my job better.
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[Business owner]
I'd like to aspire to being a business owner. Be it a software product or perhaps an 
analog business. I'd like to build a business that solves problems and serves customers 
in my unique way. I'd also like to use the business as a vehicle to help others be it other 
developers or non-developers. I'd also like to use it as a way to mentor more using the 
skills and knowledge I have gained.