I'm currently 16 and have a job making five figures as a software engineer at a company making millions. There is no reason to not start right now. On the mat

I'm currently 16 and have a job making five figures as a software engineer at a company making millions. There is no reason to not start right now. On the matter of education, I'm taking independent learning at home - this allows me to get my OSSD under my province's Learn to 18 act but not have to physically attend an educational institute. Check if you have something like http://ilc.org http://ilc.org where you live. I would personally not start my own startup at the moment (however getting involved in something is a great idea) as I am still building up contacts and experience. I believe as the founder of a startup you should be the go-to guy, with only two years of experience in what sounds like L/WAMP stack programming environments, you need to spend more time. Of course, learning from a failed startup is good too.