Plenty of people work much harder than dentists, lawyers etc and get paid an order of magnitude less. Supply and demand sets prices, not worthiness or fairness.
Personally, I feel like I sold my teenage years as a price for my edge in tech. I'm not always sure it was worth it.
Sold them? What do you regret? As far as I can tell, spending my teen years learning stuff was the right move.
Short of becoming a professional sportsman, which was never on the table for me, I don't see anything that I could have now if I had acted differently.
I agree. I learned a bunch of tech and then used it to socialize, make friends, meet women, etc. I don't feel I missed out on either the teenage part or the learning part.
Personally, I feel like I sold my teenage years as a price for my edge in tech. I'm not always sure it was worth it.