I know I've posted a lot of posts like this, but please, someone enlighten me here. I've recently noticed that i'm listed as one of the top experts in 3 forums (this one, C, and C++: Borland (Inprise)). As I look around, I see that A lot of the people I'm answering questions for are software engineers, or at least in some technical (and probably decent paying) possition. I work as a customer service rep for a company called Baker & Taylor makeing about 25k a year....I understand that I have no degrees, and only 2 years of formal software engineering experience, but where did I go wrong? Why am I not able to get into a career I really want? I mean, obviously I enjoy programming, otherwise my selftaught knowledge would never have extended this far. I have experience (2 years experience at 20 years old is pretty good in my book). I'm young, hard working, learn EXTREAMLY fast. Yet I'm not even given a second look. Now I know you all are going to recomend I go to school..I honestly don't have the time, or the money (I don't qualify for any grants, unless you count free books, and I have car payments, credit cards, rent, food, etc.). Does anyone out there have a realistic recomendation short of me creating my own software company or marketing a design to a publisher (Which by the way I'm very close to doing), I mean, I plan to do these things eventually, but right now I just want to get out there and be involved in what I love...programming and designing software. Ok...done venting now...Feel free to poke, prod, and critisize 
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Rob
"Programming is like art...It makes me feel like chopping my ear off."
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.Rob
"Programming is like art...It makes me feel like chopping my ear off."
- Currently down