Came from a working class rural background. I was in gifted streams but they finished when I was 12. My high school was more focused on keeping troubled student

Came from a working class rural background. I was in gifted streams but they finished when I was 12. My high school was more focused on keeping troubled students in line than helping gifted ones. Finished school and got a trade. Never felt happy. At age 30, started comp sci at uni. Best decision I ever made. It fixed the "mistakes" I made in my life choices