I credit Neopets with the reason I have my degree and career.

There were many places on the site that let you inject your own HTML/CSS into the page to customize the appearance. I did this basically all through high school learning the in and outs of graphic design and front end development. It's the reason I knew really early on what I wanted to do and gave myself a clear goal.

A few years ago, I was able to get my old, old account back (2004). Some of my pages and code were still there. It was a treat to see them again! Oh and the actual pets too I guess...