If you're doing almost anything related to software, it's a no brainer. The only real value to college in this case is meeting similar-minded people and having a piece of paper that "proves" you know a bunch of stuff. If you do well, it also proves you're a hard worker to some degree, so you're more attractive to companies based on that alone.
Overall, for software, the classic college experience is becoming a racket though, so I'm glad to see you're taking things into your own hands.
Other fields, I'm not too familiar with, but for example if you want to become a surgeon, you pretty much need college because you can't go around practicing on dead bodies on your own.
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If you're doing almost anything related to software, it's a no brainer. The only real value to college in this case is meeting similar-minded people and having a piece of paper that "proves" you know a bunch of stuff. If you do well, it also proves you're a hard worker to some degree, so you're more attractive to companies based on that alone.
Overall, for software, the classic college experience is becoming a racket though, so I'm glad to see you're taking things into your own hands.
Other fields, I'm not too familiar with, but for example if you want to become a surgeon, you pretty much need college because you can't go around practicing on dead bodies on your own.