I wish I'd had time to do this stuff while I was younger
I try not to fret about this sort of thing. There's just too many possible paths in life to lament & regret that you didn't pick your favorite one ten years earlier, because how would you have known?
The amount of different things you can do with your life is staggering, even overwhelming. I have used computers since I was maybe around 12, but it wasn't before I started university that I found out that I like programming. If something that was under my nose for so long eluded my attention, how about all the other things that I've never even been in the vicinity of?
Maybe we as humans are just very adaptable, and I adapted to an education which involved a lot of programming-related subjects.
Precisely. I'll brush up against something every now and again that I enjoy and have a reasonable aptitude for, and wonder about what it might have been like had I discovered it sooner.
Racing is an easy example. I like to kart and race in amateur events. Of course, most all men like to think they could be star racers, but I like to think the times I post speak for themselves. Anyway, I can't be a professional- it's much too late for that- but what if I had?
I personally figure there's lots of things each individual could have done. Many paths are built on very fundamental skills, like social ability, abstract reasoning, or spatial reasoning, and strength in any category should translate well to many very different walks in life that depend on that strength.
I try not to fret about this sort of thing. There's just too many possible paths in life to lament & regret that you didn't pick your favorite one ten years earlier, because how would you have known?