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It's not about the languages you know, it's about how you can apply them to make yourself a living. If you're confident that your friend is capable of running
by udp 16y ago
It's not about the languages you know, it's about how you can apply them to make yourself a living.
If you're confident that your friend is capable of running a business (with your skills to help him - although I hope you're a fast learner, because two years of programming isn't very long) - and that his idea will do well enough to support both of you, then by all means do it. If you're sceptical at this stage, stay at school and code in your spare time, and then start something when you're finished or when the right opportunity comes along.
Coming from someone who quit school at your age and ended up - well, successful enough :-)
- basicxman 16y agoI'm currently 16 and have a job making five figures as a software engineer at a company making millions. There is no reason to not start right now. On the matter of education, I'm taking independent learning at home - this allows me to get my OSSD under my province's Learn to 18 act but not have to physically attend an educational institute. Check if you have something like http://ilc.org http://ilc.org where you live. I would personally not start my own startup at the moment (however getting involved in something is a great idea) as I am still building up contacts and experience. I believe as the founder of a startup you should be the go-to guy, with only two years of experience in what sounds like L/WAMP stack programming environments, you need to spend more time. Of course, learning from a failed startup is good too.