RE: The profession
It will NEVER be any easier for you than it is RIGHT NOW!
Go boy, go....RUN!
At your age, you don't even know what "hard" means yet.
I'm being truthful with you, and not trying to be condescending.
When life's responsibilities come down on you when you are older, it
will get MUCH harder to make the leap into your own business, so
do it now. You'll thank me for my candor later.
Now get to work.