BA in Com Science.
I learned Java in school and learned Perl/Linux as my hobbies during the school year.

now i am a Unix Sysadmin and my hobbies finally paid off. :) I use Perl for everything and anything in my job. command line and short scripts. I am fortunately to have a job that I love and get paid for.

my current plan for Perl is to organize and host YAPC::China in the near future.