It’s amazing what one can do, if one happens to find himself in a career one enjoys.
I sort of fell into computers, and to this day, I love it. In fact, it’s a bit after 1:00am, and I’m about to leave the office for home, because I got called in to work due to a server failure. It’s a pain, but the feeling of finding, diagnosing, and fixing the problem is what this job is all about for me.
I did go to college, but never finished. It definitely helped me along with my career, but it would have been far more helpful had I finished. I know that I wouldn’t have had to work so hard to get to where I am today.
But that’s the key. I know a number of people who are doing quite well today, because of hard work and their drive to succeed. I’ve got a buddy who’s a partner at a dental lab. He’s making about $80,000 a year now. But he started at a lab, making dentures for minimum wage. He never did finish college, but he helped build a business over the last 12 years, and has since become a partner in that business.
Congratulations on having a career that give you satisfaction. Those of us who have that are incredibly lucky. There are far too many people who dread going to work every day.
Mark