I did pretty well up until middle school. My parents went through a messy divorce and I kinda checked out at that point. Spent a lot of time on the computer but

I did pretty well up until middle school. My parents went through a messy divorce and I kinda checked out at that point. Spent a lot of time on the computer but didn’t have motivation for anything else. Around junior year in high school I somewhat started applying myself again but it was far too late to get into a good college. Went to community college for a couple years and then transferred to a cheap in state school with a decent CS program and graduated with a CS degree. Fast forward to today and I work in Silicon Valley, own a house, and have a family. My teammates have CS degrees from universities like Stanford and MIT. I guess it all worked out in the long run, it just took me longer to get here. I don’t have any regrets, I met a lot of important people on my journey I wouldn’t have met otherwise.