glenr

I was a bit like you... struggled at university, failed plenty of topics (some twice) because it never "clicked". I fluked a job at a small company and turns out I'm pretty decent with people & understanding what people want/need. I got by with my code, but it was elementary if I'm honest with myself.

For the past 14 years I've run my own web dev company but I understood my limitations and hired people who are actually good at coding and I've stuck to what I'm good at.

From what you write, there doesn't appear to be a passion for coding - avoiding assignments & now struggling with core constructs point to that. But something at some point got you into this field - perhaps there's something to the side that might suit your skills/passion more? Testing, QA, project management, client management, business analysis... there's lots of roles that benefit of understanding programming concepts that don't rely on you actually being a gun programmer.

Books? Didn't need them. And computers just work, no need to know their inner workings. /s

Can confirm - failed 1st year university maths, concentrated mostly on nothing too "computer sciencey" for the rest of my undergrad IT degree.

I don't believe so... you could use the Family Lite account for $10/year (250MB, custom domain) - https://www.fastmail.com/signup/family.html

I did. Started in '99; started an agency in '04 where I was the lead coder with 2 partners; by 2010 I was dabbling at best. Another six years on, I don't code at all and do sales/management. I'm not sure I'd do it the same should I have my time again, I miss it.

Yeah, the Bundaberg range is definitely Australian. They do ginger beer (what Australians call root beer) as well as sarsaparilla. Both are fantastic drinks.

Edit: so if you're doing a search, you're probably likely to find it as "bundaberg ginger beer" - eg http://www.bundaberg.com/info/product_range/ginger_beer/

Very useful. I run a feed for my city and this would help me enormously...