limped through high school (except math!). majored in psychology/neuroscience and philosophy. had no idea what i wanted as a career. knew i liked learning about

limped through high school (except math!). majored in psychology/neuroscience and philosophy. had no idea what i wanted as a career. knew i liked learning about stuff. did neuroscience internships, community mental health internships. thought i wanted to be a therapist. got a masters degree for that. taught myself programming to solve problems with progress notes and practice management in mental health. liked that more than doing mental health. swindled an internship in computer science as a data miner. talked to the right people to get a position as an entry web developer. did that and moved up 2 positions inside same company. did a lot of side projects and open source projects for fun, to build my resume and learn. left to be a consultant at a cut-throat startup building company. now i work at a startup inside a bigger company doing node.js backend + angular/react.