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High school drop-out with 1.76 GPA. I got a GED, and finished about 60 or so credits of community college before dropping out of that too. I'm approaching almost two decades now of software development. My second job in the field was at Intel. Lots of other big and small companies in between since. Currently working for a FAANG company.

I grew up poor as fuck and in shady neighborhoods hanging out with street hoodlums associated with real gangs. Pile on ADHD and later on diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder, I didn't really stand a chance. Somewhere in my late teens I decided to drop all my meds and just harness the advantages that my mental conditions gave me. I had to work 10x harder and smarter than my academic peers to get where I am, but I made it :)