As all things in this world, school has changed. I bailed out of high school with a GED because I was skipping so many classes, I was going to fail. I went into college for a short while (Architect), but the lure of employment and the wages that came with it were stronger.
After working a few jobs in Silicon Valley, I built an IT business in Santa Cruz, CA and have now ran it for about 30 years. I took any job that I found something in it I wanted to learn. I wrote database software, installed wiring, servers, eventually telephone systems, security cameras...
Now I work part time in a very rural part of coastal Northern California. I have signed up for and completed quite a few remote education-type courses, I study whatever subject interests me.
So my poor schooling, going from an almost straight-A to almost flunking out entirely had little impact, and now I school myself to my desire.
Do what you want to do, and just go for it. And forget what other people tell you, that is them, you are you :)
After working a few jobs in Silicon Valley, I built an IT business in Santa Cruz, CA and have now ran it for about 30 years. I took any job that I found something in it I wanted to learn. I wrote database software, installed wiring, servers, eventually telephone systems, security cameras...
Now I work part time in a very rural part of coastal Northern California. I have signed up for and completed quite a few remote education-type courses, I study whatever subject interests me.
So my poor schooling, going from an almost straight-A to almost flunking out entirely had little impact, and now I school myself to my desire.
Do what you want to do, and just go for it. And forget what other people tell you, that is them, you are you :)