I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I Expected
They called me gifted as a kid. Tested at a genius level IQ (not that it matters).<p>I barely passed high school.  I started my first company while in it.<p>I dropped out of my engineering programming.  I was teaching other students about computers and was running a business on the side.<p>I am not someone who follows the rules well.<p>My sibling is the polar opposite, they have three Ivy League degrees.  They were top 3% of their class. They follow rules well.<p>I’ve been entrepreneuring for a commensurate period of time and overall look back very fondly on what I’ve accomplished and the trajectory of where my career is heading.  Even the winter I had to eat peanut butter and whatever I could get for free to survive is something I don’t regret, it was a wake up call for me to take more off the table to survive bad times than to reinvest everything in growth.<p>My sibling has expressed to others that they wonder if they chose the wrong path.  I do not wonder these things.  My life feels right.<p>Do what you love and it’ll never feel like work.