I finished school at 18 year , some low quality electrician paper is al i got from al the government programming (schooling ) . So i started doing low tech jobs , and only from that point on i developed some skills . True job hopping , cause i do not sell my soul to the company i work at , i picked up a lot of tech skills .
Electrician , mechanic , truck builder , construction(site) welder are some of the functions i had at many company's . At this point in time (48 years now ) i program and run a laser cutting machine . Not the job i would have wanted coming straight from school . I started as a neon sign mechanic , free on the road placing sign's . I guess i have don a lot of job hopping to escape that feeling of enslavement .
Hanging around at Mac D is the worst thing to do . Just look at the age of Mac D workers . Most did not want lo leave but where made to leave , to old , to expensive .
Some advice to others while looking back , take a long trip , go backpack , enjoy freedom before your live as a worker . Go find yourself first , most of us is lost in government programming .

If you want a brighter future ? go and do better thing than you did before .