I had the same experience, I went straight from a mediocre HS career to development, and I did reach a point where I was burnt out (partially because of a horri

I had the same experience, I went straight from a mediocre HS career to development, and I did reach a point where I was burnt out (partially because of a horrible gig, but we'll ignore that) Just...do something else. More than likely, you'll come back to it later. (If you don't, that's cool too, but I honestly enjoy programming for its own sake.) The ski resort idea is solid, personally what I ended up doing was starting my own business, failing, doing contract work here and there while getting an education in comp sci and philosophy. Going to college isn't a horrible idea if you don't know what you want to do, but I think that's something you could do after doing some working/travelling for a bit. (Caveat: I still haven't gone to formal school)