That was great! Thanks for sharing it.
> I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because they thought I was kidding when I said I had a GED.
I feel that. I have almost no formal training at all. I have a GED, and attended a redneck tech school. Everything since, has been OJT.
As a manager, one of the things that I looked for, was minimal formal training, yet experience doing things that required it.
Good sign.