• M500@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Well I mostly have As on my report card and I could have played lacrosse but I was too busy.

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      7 months ago

      A cryptocock might. A fragile success, but a success nonetheless.

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      7 months ago

      Depends what you call wildly succesful. If you got straight A trough all classes until you’re 18, or you already have your own business and it actually makes money, I would call that wild success

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      On my 18th birthday, I had a college scholarship, a job in an auto repair shop, a pilot’s license, and I owned a new pickup and a new motorcycle. I had a girlfriend who looked like Joan Jett if she had grown up listening to Green Day instead of AC/DC. And I didn’t look like the tendon sticking out of a chicken tender crossed with a 14th term senator. I was pretty successful for an 18 year old.

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        a job in an auto repair shop, a pilot’s license, and I owned a new pickup and a new motorcycle

        All totally paid for by said job.

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          They could’ve gotten it from trade school for free, some high schools offer it for no price. I’m 19 years old and I’m making $30/hour working in IT. I didn’t go to tech school for computer networking though, I originally went for auto motive. I got my CompTIA A+ certification, and I also have my own electronics store on eBay where I sell Libreboot computers and other hardware (routers, switches, etc.).