[Jimmie_Rustle]

The most honest answer is you don't. Unless you are a legit genius-level developer, in which case you wouldn't be posting this question on here.

[ttoinou]

No need to be a genius, a passionated teenager can do as good as a junior dev that went through university

[nxtrafalgar]

I'm typing this on my way from work to university.

I'm 19 with no formal qualifications except high school. Not a 'genius'.

There are jobs out there for young developers!

[copperx]

I paid my way through private high school by building websites for small businesses 19 years ago. Nowadays you can build a CRUD web app with the same effort. Many small businesses will beg you to solve their little technical problems.

[alexashka]

This may sound mean but truth of the matter is - a lot of people think they're way better than they really are.

I wouldn't trust most working developers I've worked with to be able to deliver me something decent from start to finish, alone.

That's why companies have BAs, managers, testers, etc. Because doing it solo is a rare feat, unless we're talking gluing a wordpress theme together, in which case I'd recommend they look into squarespace :)

[ttoinou]

   I wouldn't trust most working developers I've worked with to be able to deliver me something decent from start to finish, alone.

I have the same feeling for a lot of my CS university peers but yeah like you implied being on its own is a different situation