I started two small software companies before uni because no one would hire me; note that those were very different times (80s-early 90s); now people would have

I started two small software companies before uni because no one would hire me; note that those were very different times (80s-early 90s); now people would have hired me. Both companies still exist and both are still profitable. I have never had ‘a job’ in my life, so you can say the experience was a positive one.