Hi sysadmin, by myself for the most part. Most IT courses I have taken were an utter waste of time, I took an IIS course a long time ago and the MCST knew less than half of the students.
The only official schooling I have had was my programming background where I took c,c++ etc. The rest, set up a server and play alot

But I think the key, as with any profession is to really enjoy what you do. I can't get enough of servers and web stuff it's an obsession
Thanks for the kind words.