Originally Posted by
sailingfun
If your goal is to be a professional pilot as a career the best thing you can do at this point is complete a college degree. Put the flying on the back burner.
I disagree, however I am in a specialized aviation field that does not generally require degrees.
I started flying commercially when I was 18, and met many of the "I won't hire you because you're young" crowd. I finally got a decent time building gig and the rest was history from there. Keep your chin up youngling, it's only gonna get better.
'Squatch
Who has been there, and done that.