How did you get to be a lorry driver?

Loved lorries for as long as i can remember, my earliest memories were just a facination for these big smelly noisy machines. So from school i drove tractors on farms and thankfully most farms ran lorries so my first drive was a Leyland Roadtrain at the age of 16. Many jobs later and (a variety of driving experiences)12years on and my then employer offered to pay for my test. Passed my test may 2001 and purchased my first motor december 2003. No regets.