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My uncle “wasted 10 years of his life” as a monk in the Pacific Northwest. Back to school at your age and all the comp sci classes were full so he started a math track and was able to pick up a few programming courses along the way.

Talent + motivation + time = success.

He’s now retired with an amazing career behind him in tech from Microsoft (white collar slavery he called it) to innovating online ticketing for a still going US airline.