Yep. Didn't do well in high school and grades never really were a motivating factor in my CS courses in Uni. I remember sitting there for hours staring off into space because I was presented with the task of writing java data structures by hand on an exam and just never completing it, largely because I couldn't get past the feeling it was pointless; I already proved I was more than capable of writing the code in the various assignments, but the overall grade was heavily biased toward 3 hour exams.

But at the same time I haven't exactly had much career success, and have been failing upward for 10 years easy. Have been fired or laid off from more jobs than most people have had.

Looking back, and maybe looking forward, I might try and become an electrician or something and try coding as a hobby.

There's something uniquely burnout inducing about the process of trying to find another job in tech.