I am 21 years old and working as a developer at a Lisp company. The main reason I am here now is that I have a good sense of what I'm capable of, a good sense o

I am 21 years old and working as a developer at a Lisp company. The main reason I am here now is that I have a good sense of what I'm capable of, a good sense of destination and the guts to make bold moves. Let me copy from what I read in an article lately here on Hacker News: better beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. You can only do substantial things if you live like it. Not even a billion dollars is going to help on water problems without vision. And you can make a difference already without any money.