[cutty]

No. I started college at 21, got hired as a software engineer at 25 in the bay area, and from 25-28 I dated, traveled, partied, and had a fun time. I worked at most 40 hours a week and viewed work as income for my hobbies. I'm 29 now and get contacted by FANG companies all the time for interviews, so I'm assuming my work experience is somewhat decent. I have minimal savings and a substantial amount of debt and I'm not as good of an engineer as I want to be, but I feel like its not too late to turn things around and start working harder now to advance in my career, and I have no regrets about my life experiences.

[throw51319]

What level are you at as an engineer? Can you help architect whole systems or are you able to just own certain functionalities fully?