I started using the internet in College, circa 1993. Initially I was using it for alt sex rooms and such, thus mostly reading sex stories. The summer of 1995 I didn't have net access any longer given that I wasn't in school, but when I switched colleges and got back online after a 3-4 month hiatus, I was blown away by how much the world wide web grew. Now when I did searches, there was a "Next 10" near the bottom of the search results, which was not the case in '93, as there were seriously limited results.
In 1996, after seeing the web continue to grow exponentially, I decided to learn web design. Not so much because I wanted to make websites, but because I couldn't afford to hire someone to build a website for my new venture, The Book Trade. I started The Book Trade at Colorado State University so students could trade their textbooks with each other, as opposed to selling them back to the bookstore for a serious loss at the end of each semester. Or buying books from the CSU bookstore for crazy prices. Back then, it was common to pay $100 per text book, but only receive $15 per book upon selling them back.
Shortly after starting that business, I decided to lean into web design because I really liked it, plus I saw a growing need for businesses to be found online, especially real estate companies. 27 years later, I'm still making websites and still absolutely love it.