[phaer]

There is no objective truth for situations like that. So I don't know if the following is right for you, but if you see any possibility to talk too your friends about the situation I personally would recommend to do it. Hopefully they are willing to support you but even if not: just talking to people who you trust can make the situation much clearer for yourself and if it also gives you a way to get out for a few that might be even more helpful. But, of course, it's hard to give good advise to anonymous people on the internet without knowing much about their live, so please apply your own good measure.

For me, as for some others in this thread, the time between 16 and 19 was the hardest part of my live. I dropped out of school and spent some years with very little money and a somewhat unstable housing situation but nowadays (soon to be 25) I still have not finished any school but I got more than enough work and, doing some programming, I earn more than some of my friends who even finished university or at least school. So especially if you have a healthy interest in tech - which I assume, because you are reading hacker news - it might not be worst thing to drop out school. But that depends a lot on you, your skills and the job market in your area so I don't really know for sure.

[itzsouloflol]

I have an high intrest for tech, my "dream" is to be a programmer, which in italy is difficult because you can enter a real programmer school at 18 with atleast 3 year of high school ( which i did) but this school is private, and it costs so i'm trying to do everything i can to enter in it. Right know about "skills" i can do everything with a computer ( repair it, find the problem, etc etc) but this is stuff tha everyone can do, so right now i have nothing in my hands. Thanks fir the reply... It helps

[phaer]

I personally never went to some school or so to learn programming. Did you look into learning at least some of it on yourself over the internet? There are lots of free resources available and if you find the time and motivation to finish a few hobby projects on your own you should be able to find a job without an actual finished education.

If you want, you can drop me a mail or contact me on jabber, both addresses are in my profile.

[itzsouloflol]

Thank for the great offer, i never tried to learn programming over the internet, i'll contact you for sure. Thanks again for the reply, it helps