I'm an Ex-Business Analyst and now manage the design and build workforce for a Telecomunication comapny in New Zealand. I've played with code for a number of years but the bulk of that was console (DOS) work and play is the operative work, recently I've picked up C# and found things to be alot simpler, Windows Forms, SQL Databases etc were pretty simple to make (on a small scale).

I gave XNA a go to see if that was as simple as Windows Forms and while the learning curve was steep I'm loving creating things and have found a new hobby in programming (or an old hobby that I've picked up again).

Currently i'm working on a Final Fantasy 2 Clone. The core system components are just about finished (Tiles, Battle System, Conversations, Items/Inventory, NPCs, Enemies, Controls). I just need a Questing system and the basics are there, after which there is lots of cleanup and making things more efficent. The clone is made using XNA, It using a series of Windows Forms as Editors and relies on XML as it's sorce of data.

Ideally I want to make a Windows Phone 7/8 RPG in the vein of Final Fantasy 2.