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I want to second this as a now 32 year old who dropped out of school aged 16 (to work in the fledgling Web design scene, not because I wasn't doing well at scho

I want to second this as a now 32 year old who dropped out of school aged 16 (to work in the fledgling Web design scene, not because I wasn't doing well at school). Freelancing was easy at first but then the dot com boom hit and things were tough for a few years, but luckily I was living with my parents. Eventually I got heavily into Rails in 2004/2005, built some apps, sold some apps, and eventually did very well for myself, but as fit2rule says, it all comes from working really hard and generally I missed out on 90% of the life that people in their early 20s tend to live (not a huge deal to me as I'm not the partying type anyway). Things are pretty good now and I've just started to do a degree which I'm finding to be quite enjoyable with the various experiences I have behind me, so.. it can definitely be done, but it's not going to be a walk in the park.

circlefavshape 13y ago
> generally I missed out on 90% of the life that people in > their early 20s tend to live (not a huge deal to me as I'm > not the partying type anyway) OP - before you decide to take this route, make damn sure that you want to. Fun > work
- petercooper 13y ago
  More accurately, one should determine what one finds exciting. That is to say, is fun > work for them or not? (Because I certainly prefer screwing around with code or my Web projects than going out drinking or whatever :-) Though now married with kids, this is a good thing ;-))
- VLM 13y ago
  Or more accurately, define fun. Locally it was defined as drunk driving, 18 years of child support payments, hangovers, restraining orders, addiction/detox, and one acquaintance who went to prison for weed distribution. I didn't participate in what they called "fun" and I don't regret it at all.
- fit2rule 13y ago
  Fun > Work? Depends if you want to live. I like to live, and have fun when I'm not working, in style. Work makes that way fun. Way, way fun. If all you see in this big mess of life is work, or fun, there is yet more to come ..

circlefavshape 13y ago

> generally I missed out on 90% of the life that people in > their early 20s tend to live (not a huge deal to me as I'm > not the partying type anyway) OP - before you decide to take this route, make damn sure that you want to. Fun > work

petercooper 13y ago
More accurately, one should determine what one finds exciting. That is to say, is fun > work for them or not? (Because I certainly prefer screwing around with code or my Web projects than going out drinking or whatever :-) Though now married with kids, this is a good thing ;-))
VLM 13y ago
Or more accurately, define fun. Locally it was defined as drunk driving, 18 years of child support payments, hangovers, restraining orders, addiction/detox, and one acquaintance who went to prison for weed distribution. I didn't participate in what they called "fun" and I don't regret it at all.
fit2rule 13y ago
Fun > Work? Depends if you want to live. I like to live, and have fun when I'm not working, in style. Work makes that way fun. Way, way fun. If all you see in this big mess of life is work, or fun, there is yet more to come ..