Actually, I'm really a 3D artist by trade, I learned programming at university (studied computer visualisation & animation) and I
really hated it... I just couldn't see the point of coding 3D applications when the ones that I can buy off the shelf are far and away better than anything anyone could write on their own...
Then I found PHP, and realised that finally I could do something useful and worthwhile with code, and the rest is history...
Well... when I'm not making a living from 3D anyway