I'm a webmaster now to earn $$$ since I don't want an every-day-job (I'm still a University student so options aren't that large). It started off at age 15 when I got my first website design gig and though "hey, I can profit from that!"
Studied HTML > tried free-hosting the project I did for the HTML course > it worked well > developed it into a larger site > tried Adsense > $$$ and that's it
Well, i had great interest in computers and Internet so i started a freewebs site http://www.freewebs.com/saadisgreat1/.Then someone told me you can earn from websites too so i purchased hosting and domain and made few sites to earn money .
Started playing with html, make some stupid guide site for the game that i was playing. Soon after i started a forum. It was a sudden success, with no ads. Began looking around webmasters forum, then i learn about adsense. Gave it a try and made alot of money. Saw the potential in web development and continued from then on.
Why? 1 - I love Computer and Internet = I tried different job before but I got bored fast enough. 2 - I can earn money from it = no comment, everyone's here knows that.
I've always like being able to manipulate the screen by typing codes. I started doing these things as a child with a Franklin Ace500 and BASIC. Making my mom digital birthday cards in basic, which were interactive So as you can guess, I'm really into PHP nowadays