I cannot start the story without mentioning Hafnas, who opened my world to Content Management Systems. I started in Joomla and never ever through that I will come to WordPress.
I started using WordPress accidentally while testing the PHP applications available in Softaculous under CMS. It was a wow !
I was in a mind that I need to learn core PHP frameworks to start building website that has user generated content. But WordPress changed my mind. It was a 200% solution for a no code website design even today !