Hey everyone, this post may seem a little ludicrous but please hear me out.
Currently, I'm 19 and an incoming international freshman at a top public school in the US. For the longest time, I've been quite interested in the entire tech startup space, and want to eventually give entrepreneurship in this space a shot. However, I've had a few obstacles so far (that I know are practically excuses):
1) I've never found myself surrounded by anyone who shares a similar interest or is actively looking to pursue something entrepreneurial. Though this didn't stop me from starting a small ed-tech startup myself (completely failed lol), I figure that working with a co-founder in the future would really help me specialize on what I'm good at. I'm hoping that college can be a catalyst for meeting like-minded people, but again I have my hesitations.
2) I haven't learned to code. And still, at 19, I feel like I'm too old. This is obviously unfounded as I could always take classes in college (currently an Econ major, but looking to transition to CS) but I can't help like feeling like I'll be behind any other students who've already learned how to program/won't be able to build anything fruitful as it'll take years to develop enough technical proficiency.
3) Finally, I just feel like I'm too late to the game. I know of acquaintances who've started companies at 17/18 and gone through YC or even sold their business for 6-7 figures. Similarly, I know of other students who've at least given entrepreneurship a real shot with some of their friends, and even been successful. This is a little off-putting for me because I feel like I've missed out on a prime time of my life where I can start something with little risk (i.e. high school / late teens). In college, amongst classes and internships for other jobs (just to be safe), I don't know if I'll ever find time to pursue anything worthwhile. Then, after graduation, it seems like a huge gamble to simply dive into entrepreneurship without something established as I'll be an intl. student.
Apologies for the long post, but any advice would really really be appreciated.
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