Originally posted by thedawg

Originally posted by slowmitsu IT seems to be mostly luck, who you know and learn on the job.

I've got 13 years of employment in the IT industry, a university degree, and I was legally emancipated (ie no money or support) from my parents at 17. Not a whole lot of luck involved, just hard work.

I won't deny the hard work part as I am in the same boat but looking back there were points that boiled down to "right place, right time". But yes, lots and lots of hard work or those "right places" and "right times" never would have happened.

/derail