Most of the skills I learned to do my job are from self-unschooling (aka side projects) in my spare time from an age of about 7. That said, I wouldn't be doing

Most of the skills I learned to do my job are from self-unschooling (aka side projects) in my spare time from an age of about 7. That said, I wouldn't be doing very well without the traditional schooling, especially forcing me to read and write well when I naturally wouldn't have gravitated to those subjects. I didn't realise I liked maths and science until they become hard enough to challenge me.