[socialtistics]

Try contacting Jessica Mah (http://jessicamah.com). She has a similar story as yours and probably could give you better advice/guidance.

[abossy]

markbao and DaniFong are two HN readers with stories you may be able to relate to.

Look up Hans Reiser [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser] and Niniane Wang [http://niniane.org/] - they are early dropouts in the tech industry. It's not totally insane to fast-track your career.

[adammarkey]

Hans Reiser ended up a murderer too. Be careful not to follow his path too closely :)

[abossy]

Indeed. YMMV! :)