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by jviotti 1365 days ago
Congrats Alistair and Scott! This is an amazing story that made me remember my high-school days. As the authors, I was into programming from an early age, and high school definitely took the second place :) My grades ended up REALLY suffering when I got my first full-time role at a startup while I was 17 years old (parents approved) and on my last school year. Fast-forward many years and I don't regret a thing. I attended University of Oxford (despite my bad grades!) and I'm doing very well doing what I love.

Wish you both a very, very bright future!

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Thank you! Alistair and I have been in startups since we were 15/16, and we've both now finished school and work full time in the startup space. My grades definitely took a down turn the last two years, but I'm happy with my decisions and am loving working in tech!
I think it's fair to say most of us had our grades suffer. My GCSEs back in 06 were terrible, but no wonder, I spent most of my time hacking & writing code. I'm no worse off for it, and I'm sure you won't be either!
thank you for the kind words :) things are going well for us so far, so fingers crossed it stays like this! You've put a big smile on my face :)