I graduated from a french school called "Institut de Génie Informatique et Industriel" (IG2I), which means "Computer Sciences and Industrial Engineering Institute". It is a 5-year course after A level. For more details, have a look at my CV.
I went to work in the United Kingdom and started as a database developer, but quickly jumped on the Internet wagon.
Obviously, I can hardly show you my database work here so I will only focus on the web design side in the portfolio.
The main tools I use are Dreamweaver Ultradev, Microsoft Interdev, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Notepad and a pen and paper.
My main skill is using Active Server Pages (VBScript or Javascript) and a database backend such as Microsoft Access or SQL Server.