I will second (or apparently 338th) this. I was in a similar position to you - and it took me 5-6 years to get back from being so broke I literally could not pay the admin fee for bankruptcy, to charging 1000 dollars a day.
It was not a smooth road, nor an easy one, but it is a road many of us have travelled and we can let you know about some of the worst potholes.
You are in the right profession, and you have the balls to take a leap like that while still in your teens. The history of entreprenuers say the odds are actually in your favour, even if it does not feel like it.
Just to let you know, at my lowest point, after months of failed "proper" job hunting, my wife told me to get out the house and get a job stacking shelves at the local supermarket. A week later I was in the freezer section, stacking sausages. It did not last long but it was the turn around I needed.
Don't worry about the "high status" jobs - take any job and work up.
And Remember the wise words of Kipling - to take both Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters both the same.
It was not a smooth road, nor an easy one, but it is a road many of us have travelled and we can let you know about some of the worst potholes.
You are in the right profession, and you have the balls to take a leap like that while still in your teens. The history of entreprenuers say the odds are actually in your favour, even if it does not feel like it.
Just to let you know, at my lowest point, after months of failed "proper" job hunting, my wife told me to get out the house and get a job stacking shelves at the local supermarket. A week later I was in the freezer section, stacking sausages. It did not last long but it was the turn around I needed. Don't worry about the "high status" jobs - take any job and work up.
And Remember the wise words of Kipling - to take both Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters both the same.
Good luck, keep posting