Parents

Hi FarmerLiao,

Dropped out of college 3 times due to family reasons and disagreements - just find it hard to talk to them or look at them in the face. Also worried for my future because i have no degree and no particularly strong skill set / car / not a lot of money. Am thinking of looking for a telesales job in a startup while picking up programming to work with a friend on a project. But not sure how promising the startup industry is where I am from (Singapore)

GY

No. People change. Find some way to give yourself some distance. But don't do anything that would lead to a permanent, unrepairable break. No promises that things will get better, but at least leave yourself some options over the very long-term. I don't know your particulars, and it sounds like things are bad, but people change. In particular, I found my relationship with my father changed dramatically when I had kids of my own. I'm sure your situation is very different, but you never know how things will play out ten or twenty years from now.