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I was in your position a few years ago (living in Slovenia) - I've too learned programming at an early age, and although I didn't have industry experience, I didn't want to go study CS, because I had a feeling I wouldn't learn anything. Instead, I studied math, which was interesting, hard and very useful (can work in finance, understand statistics, get into AI/ML/big data, ...). Also, just a few days ago I was thinking what I would change if I was 16 again - I would (1) start meditating - meditation has given me very good emotional control, which is one of the most useful things in life, (2) learn languages - Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, ... I had the most time in high school/college, and looking back, wasted most of it, when I could be learning at least one language a year (to a decent conversationalist level), and (3) get into computer security - it's a perfect job for a consultant, allows remote work, and seems to be becoming more and more relevant with each passing year (bonus: you know how to secure your own devices). TL;DR: don't start working yet, after college you will be starved of free time, use it to better yourself. |