Started in a rural town in eastern europe in 1998 when the internet first came to town. Didn't even have a computer of my own. Just figured if I could make thin

Started in a rural town in eastern europe in 1998 when the internet first came to town. Didn't even have a computer of my own. Just figured if I could make things that the world can see from the middle of nowhere and with no money at age 13, nothing could beat that.(I'd seen censorship in my country so that was a big selling point) Volunteered at internet cafes, so I could use their machines at night and learn html/css/js via the web (no software required). Started a web dev business soon after and ran that for 5 years before coming to the US. There was no school for this kind of stuff anywhere nearby and I was too young to go to college in my country so there you have it. I got my CS degree in the US years later. In reality most CS programs can't teach you even a quarter of what you need to know to be a great developer. Tech moves too fast to be teachable. The best just learn faster, and dig deeper than the rest on their own via web communities, head-to-wall action, and resources available to everyone.