Where did you start with Micro controllers?

cool, wow so many old timers on this site! I started programing at 13 and im now 14, it hink i bit off a little more than i can chew becuase I preposed id make a robot for my science fair project, wish me luck! XD I'm glad there's so many people to help, things only seem to be getting more complicated. PS: someone asked so yeah, i put another poll option, check it out.