Yeah! You saw it wright. "Programming vs Career" not "Programming and Career". Let me elaborate. I am 19 and have been programming for few years now. My language wallet is comprised of GW Basic (that I learnt in my school), C++ (in Higher Secondary) and the VB 6.0 IDE (perhaps the easiest of them all). Currently I am prepairing for the Joint Entrance Exams, here in India, for Computer Science and Engineering. Actually, I am not quite into studying my course material and my career is in disarray, because of my immense passion for Computers, be it Programming, Gaming or just tweaking around. I wonder if there's any one else with this sort of a problem. Neverthless, I still enjoy my 19 hours with the Computer (which I have been doing almost mechanically since the last three and a half years or so), despite occasional scrutiny by parents and constant feeling of remorse for what I have done. I would like to hear from you guys over here as to what you think of a weirdo like me. Besides, how much of a scope is there for a good (I guess I can rate myself good, on the other hand hand you guys wouldn't agree, since you don't know me! Ah! know me yet, that is ) programmer without a degree in this market.