I went to university right out of high school but dropped out halfway through my first year. Bummed around for a couple of years, ended up going into the military. Got through Basic Training, God knows how (toughest thing I have EVER done), did five years and finally got tired of hearing all this talk about computers and KNOWING that I could learn it if I tried. Took two correspondence courses while I was in the military (to finish off my first year of university), got out of the military, went back to university planning to get a 3-year Bachelor's degree in computer science. 6 years later, I was working on a Master's Thesis in mathematics - which took me three more years of being nagged EVERY FREAKING day by my MOTHER - God Bless Her <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Btw, I dedicated my Master's Thesis when it was finished:

"To my father, without whom I would never have started; and
to my mother, without whom I would never have finished."

Life is a funny road - most of us have no idea where we'll end up.