Yes, the title is pretty click bait-ee. But it's the truth. I was the kid your mom wanted you to be. Straight A's finished four year degree at age 19 1/2. Played violin blah blah blah... Yeah I was a first child. But holyyy crap, was I in for some crazy reality check when it was time to find a "job". 

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I ended up hating my field of finance. Worked as a realtor. Sucked at it. Worked at Target, enrolled in a masters degree for computer science. Dropped out of that degree, got an internship. Worked full time, got let go. Started my company. First months were 2-3k/month. 8 months later, I just hit my first $25k/month. I'm 26 years old.