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Anyone have any particular advice for an ambitious 14 year old with three years left of high school?
by jmgrosen 13y ago
Anyone have any particular advice for an ambitious 14 year old with three years left of high school?
- anonymoushn 13y agoMost states have a program similar to TAMS (tams.unt.edu). Do that. Maybe 1/3 of the value of this program is that you will graduate earlier. The other 2/3 of the value is that you will meet a bunch of people who also did the program, and you will know them for the rest of your life.
- samsnelling 13y agoYep. Keep learning. Read as much as you can. Start lots of projects. Try and finish them. I am 21 and just sold my first startup while finishing my last year in college. I started programming at 13ish, and have never stopped reading and learning. Don't get caught up in what your parents or friends say (it's hard explaining SaaS to people who don't quite "get it"), but make sure you keep whatever you build simple enough for them to intuitively use your project. There's no reason why you can't launch something and start building something now. Go and do it, and a lot of people will lend a helping hand as you go.
- ISL 13y agoMaster things. Be a good person. Keep options open. Explore.