I'm somewhere in between. I did ok at school and college. Nothing amazing and certainly by the age of 17 Id had enough of education and was never going to Uni.

I stumbled into a job just by applying for anything and everything.

That job was in the pensions industry which at the time was viewed as incredibly tedious and boring. Fast forward 32 years and I'm retired at age 50 and working furiously to bring my golf handicap down. 😃😀😁