I was born into a "white collar professional" family. 
I was not required to work other than mow the lawn and take out the trash and split wood.
I love anything with a motor at age 12 I decided I wanted to be a logger so I could run "equipment" well it took three years to get on a logging site.
So I started out baling hay and running a tractor at age 12 by age 15 I could run anything on a friend of the family dairy operation.
Later in life after all the white collar jobs that, I had they didn't satisfy the itch to do real work. So I switched to back to blue collar work.
At 51 years old I still drive  semi-truck and operate heavy equipment.

MR. Weddleton, got the shaft from a over regulated system.
Without somebody giving you a chance how else do you get needed experience by 18 years old!

Keep up the good work, Sir!