I got into programming because I wanted to know how the software I used actually worked. That curiosity never really stopped. It just moved from websites to the tools, CLIs, and systems behind them, and turned into building my own.
I don't really see myself as one job title. Some weeks it's building a product, others it's wiring up an LLM pipeline, writing a CLI tool, or figuring out the infra side of a project. I've picked up certs in ML and AI pipelines along the way. Mostly I just chase whatever problem is bugging me and don't like leaving it half-solved.