Freelance Programmer – dropped out of college and taking a long break?

Hello programmers, I was studying at the time and was already able to work on projects. I can start basic projects, so to speak, and have sufficient knowledge to launch functional applications. However, I'm more of an amateur. But overall I have sufficient experience C#/JScript/and so on, to write working applications. I'm rather doubtful as…

Hip problems in infancy, to blame for current problems with walking (please read text)?

My mom told me I used to have hip problems. Mentally, though, I was healthy despite a lack of oxygen at birth. In any case, I didn't learn to walk until later. According to the doctor, the hip problems should have gone away over time. But for a while now, I've been walking really strangely,…

Only rich people can become academics, right?

By academics, I mean academics in research. I'm referring to them in particular. The problem is, most of them, except for professors, are only on temporary contracts and very poorly paid, often only part-time. That means they sometimes earn as little as unskilled laborers. They're also on fixed-term contracts, and of course, they have to…