Started with networking studies, my first company was too small to have a need for such a person, but later would be ok. In the meantime, why not developing?
That's how I started enjoying PHP development: self-learned in a company open enough to take a newbie :)
Now, I have 15+ years of experience in PHP, and 10+ in Symfony. I don't rely much on the framework though, as you don't need much to have a running application
Sebastien GARCIA is a member of the community since October 2012.