Whoa there. Hold on just a minute and take a step back.
You're 15 years old, you made $21k making apps on webOS. You have four or five languages under your belt. By anybody's metrics, you're doing really really well. Awesomely, in fact. Even though "awesomely" really isn't a word.
Don't worry about it. Just keep exploring, and you'll run in to fun stuff that will continue to expand your horizons.
One thought that hasn't come up here yet is to get involved with the most intriguing open-source project of your choice. Get some experience programming on a team, and you'll not only have a chance to learn from others, but you'll also be able to expand your own portfolio without having to worry about validating ideas.
But the best thing you can give yourself is an open mind and a shot of confidence. Also: get in touch with the Teens in Tech guys. They're awesome.
> Also: get in touch with the Teens in Tech guys. They're awesome.
curious why you'd recommend this? As a casual observer and not at all familiar with what they've done beyond the "public" stuff, they just seem like a group of teenagers with some dumb luck. Their "conferences" seem surrounded by "drama" (he said she said whaa whaa stuff) that you'd expect from high school students, their actual products are pretty pointless (the blog gets 1 post every few days and it's either about some free product they got or their friends ~~application~~ startup and their apparent "blogging platform" thing died after a few months and was just a wp-mu install.
From what I've seen of "them" it seems he'd gain nothing from them. It's just a group of kids with connections doing nothing but making whatever is hip and happening and abandoning it for the next thing. See each of their twitter profiles, every few weeks they're the "CEO" of a new "startup".
The only "high profile" (in the HN esque scene) teenager I'd think of recommending is Mark Bao, he's actually doing things.
You're 15 years old, you made $21k making apps on webOS. You have four or five languages under your belt. By anybody's metrics, you're doing really really well. Awesomely, in fact. Even though "awesomely" really isn't a word.
Don't worry about it. Just keep exploring, and you'll run in to fun stuff that will continue to expand your horizons.
One thought that hasn't come up here yet is to get involved with the most intriguing open-source project of your choice. Get some experience programming on a team, and you'll not only have a chance to learn from others, but you'll also be able to expand your own portfolio without having to worry about validating ideas.
But the best thing you can give yourself is an open mind and a shot of confidence. Also: get in touch with the Teens in Tech guys. They're awesome.