I dropped out of high-school to work at a web company programming in perl. I was ensconced with the idea of doing something I usually tinkered with at three in the morning while trying not to wake up my mother AND making a butt-load of cash doing it (at least for a teenager).
The crash came about a year later and I had to go back to finish school so I could get into college. That was a little embarrassing, but I got through it...
... and did it again. Fast-tracked a year of audio engineering and thought I could start up a label and produce records. Started my own business this time.
sigh
I wouldn't get back into programming for a few years, but I say it was worth it.
Now I love programming, but who knows? In a few years I might want to be building hot-rods or running an expat cafe in some foreign country.
I dropped out of high-school to work at a web company programming in perl. I was ensconced with the idea of doing something I usually tinkered with at three in the morning while trying not to wake up my mother AND making a butt-load of cash doing it (at least for a teenager).
The crash came about a year later and I had to go back to finish school so I could get into college. That was a little embarrassing, but I got through it...
... and did it again. Fast-tracked a year of audio engineering and thought I could start up a label and produce records. Started my own business this time.
sigh
I wouldn't get back into programming for a few years, but I say it was worth it.
Now I love programming, but who knows? In a few years I might want to be building hot-rods or running an expat cafe in some foreign country.
You only get to live once.
UPDATE: edited for spelling/grammar/clarity