Also, I'm really surprised to see how low people's expectations are when I mention that I'm learning programming (and networking, databases, project management etc.) at school.
I'm one of few people in my year that's really into tech (especially programming) in my free time.
Start freelancing as soon as you can, and whenever people have wrong assumptions, you can tell them that this is actually your passion, and you’re coding to make your clients happy—you’re a small business owner. I think the respect will bump up higher immediately.
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Start freelancing as soon as you can, and whenever people have wrong assumptions, you can tell them that this is actually your passion, and you’re coding to make your clients happy—you’re a small business owner. I think the respect will bump up higher immediately.