The thing about coding since ten and having coding interviews is that the factors they check at coding interviews you probably haven't learned. I have a few fri

The thing about coding since ten and having coding interviews is that the factors they check at coding interviews you probably haven't learned. I have a few friends just like you. Since you already felt you know how to code you probably didn't spend as much time and energy on the coding classes, homeworks, exams as other students. And you considered most of it boring theory that is not really needed for real life coding. If that's the case, then that's why you didn't pass the interviews. This "theory" is not just important because a big part of it really works and improves code quality, but it is also a common basis for team work. E.g. maybe yourself you always wrote only functions in C++, never used classes. But for recognizing the structure of another person's code it is quite important to see classes. Few people can think in functions only because university teaches using classes and objects so heavily. There are also languages you learn in university that seem like coding classes but actually aren't. E.g. learning UML is not about architectural fantasies of people who have a hard time coding, but it is a graphical language to communicate ideas with. In an interview it is quite helpful to know such languages because it helps you express yourself faster to other people who speak it. Also if you don't speak it, interviewers might not find you "intelligent" enough. That is of course wrong, but think about how you feel about people who don't speak your native human language well. It's just human nature to be like that. And if you just want to start making money out of your coding, check out: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/ https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/ As long as you don't make more than $2k a month you can probably pipe your bills and taxes through your fathers company if he allows it.