Completely self taught here. I went to university for a couple years but dropped out. It doesn't work well with my way of learning. Been working professionally

Completely self taught here. I went to university for a couple years but dropped out. It doesn't work well with my way of learning. Been working professionally for 4 years. > Why did you get into the field? What did you focus on at first? I always liked computers and building things. It felt like a natural progression of my favorite hobbies, so one day I looked up how to write a Discord bot and the rest is history. I had made some websites when I was 12 (specifically for Sims 2) as well. > How did you break that first-job barrier? I found an internship when I was in university, and looked for a full time job while I was there. Once I found one, I left my internship and dropped out of university. > What were you doing before this? Taking a sabatic year after high school I guess. I played a lot of Phantasy Star Online 2 that year, and it's indirectly the reason my career started. > Any tips for the rest of us? It's hard to say because everyone's situation is so different. But one thing I wish I knew is that it's OK to not listen to family sometimes. Personally I heard a lot of backlash from them because from their perspective I wasn't doing anything really. It affected my mental health and was pretty tough at times, but probably to a lesser extent than pushing through university in my opinion.