I started a software company out of college. By the time I was 25, my car had been repossesed and I'd been evicted from my condo. I had $400 to my name, that I'

I started a software company out of college. By the time I was 25, my car had been repossesed and I'd been evicted from my condo. I had $400 to my name, that I'd intended to use for rent. I bought a bicycle and got a day job doing credit card collections for a bank. That was my 'big break'; I still work for a bank, but now I write the software. I worked my way up. One afternoon I was talking to someone from human resources, and she mentioned that they didn't want to hire me for that job, back when I was 25. Why? Because I'd scored so high on the entrance exam. Basically they thought it was pointless to hire me because I was overqualified. Yet I was homeless at the time, having been evicted from my condo!