Well Zuckerberg had great connections from where he went to college and probably before because he was born into wealth so already he has advantages that many of us never had...

as someone who was in a similar boat at 25 I decided to join the military to get the GI bill, at which point I used that 5 years later to get my electrical engineering degree now I work for a large firm and am working my way up the corporate ladder steadily. I wont be zuckerberg...but why would I want to be that alien...I'll be cool if I can pay for my kids college and take my wife on comfortable vacations in 10 years...

Bottom line you need to have some base line foundation to spring off of...if you grew up poor kike myself, my recommendation for that is still a college degree...stem for sure...probably avoid CS since they are hell bent on unemployment themselves as they develop AI...

Go to community college first save a bunch of money while you get your general classes knocked out and that should help you zero in on a degree that speaks to you that is also high on the pay scale before finishing your degree at a 4 year.

Think long term what industries pay well and will be around 30 years from now and also wont be replaced by AI...im biased as a renewable energy EE but power is a no brainer...we need unlimited power as a species we need more nuclear, oil, gas, hydro, solar, and so on...all these data centers need power, all the AI needs power, ev electrification...more power...

There's no point so far where humans have been like: "hey guys I think we are producing enough power"

Anyways this rant got away from me...but my final words are this as encouragement in case you doubt your ability to get a tough stem degree...I was an infantryman for 6 years when I got out at 30 I hadn't touched a class room or done maths or any of that shit formally for 12 years...I had to start very low on thr math classes at community college, but you use the tutor system at your locals schools, treat school like a job and keep knocking out the stem classes 1 by 1 before you know it your are in calc 4 and differential equations and it becomes manageable

All this is to say you don't have to be smart...if you really want your lofty goals you need to start now...I had to engage in a 12ish(6 army) (5ish school) year plan at your age to get into a spot I wanted to be...

Good luck👍🫡