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I did:

The biggest adjustment for me was money. I'd gotten so used to buying whatever I wanted (not large things) that I had some money trouble early on.

But I'm back to programming now. I love it.

It's a great story, inspiring even, why don't you do an HN post ?

Thanks! But it's an old post. :-)

I should probably clean it up, too. Some of the formatting got butchered in a server move.

interesting story, thanks for sharing it.