Ask HN: What was your Plan B?
Programming actually became my Plan B.<p>I started off in computers... obsessed but never thought I could do anything with them, and I didn&#x27;t want to end up staring at a computer screen all day. Instead, I went to university and studied psychology, hoping to have more interaction with human beings. Specifically, I wanted to do something with social psychology and industrial-organizational psychology.. something with the workplace and human psychology.<p>Fast forward a multitude of social jobs, university life, living in another country, and back home to pay student loans... I applied for any job relating to the psychology field across the board. Bachelors degree ain&#x27;t gettin&#x27; you much in this field.<p>So with my bills due, I fell to an old friend. A skill I taught myself when I was 12: programming in Visual Basic 3. I landed a job for a software company programming in VB 6 for a year or so. Eventually, I started to have an interest in web design and development, and that&#x27;s where I&#x27;ve been for over a decade.<p>I started my own company developing web applications too though I can&#x27;t say I&#x27;ve monetized them to the point where I could quit any day jobs. So while I&#x27;m still in the field of web dev, I&#x27;d dabbled in the stock market since I was in my 20s and made enough money to get myself into real estate, and my next endeavour is owning a portfolio of properties with mountain views... and renting them out for passive income. I&#x27;m working on my third property right now.