[simplyinfinity]

Hi,

Here's my story... when i was your age i started programing for a local company while i was in high school, i had no idea how to do a basic for loop. My grades suffered too, but i never gave up and i didn't go to college or university. But i tought myself PHP, and then C#, right now I'm working full time and paid well.

for the past 6 years I've worked for 5 companies and i have freelanced for a while. I've went to about 15 job interviews, only 3 decided not to hire me because of the lack of my formal education, the others were mostly looking for someone with more experience.

The important thing here is that without a degree I still get hired over people with college degrees. If you are smart kid it doesn't really matter where you are located because you can still practice what you love. Don't give up.

P.S. Try to create few personal projects that are really interesting to you and have passion for. showing people what you've built in your free time is what's most likely to get them to hire you. And if you get to earn some $$ from those projects that's going to be even better for you!