[notinfuriated]

> But now, I really want to go back to school and learn things the traditional way because it feels too overwhelming.

Why does it feel overwhelming?

And what do you picture as the traditional way of learning software engineering in school? My experience has been that there isn't really a traditional way. Different schools teach software engineering or "computer science" differently, as its a fairly new subject. So I don't know what the traditional way is, or how much of it is even relevant to the industry.

I never graduated myself. I studied math, dropped out, and started working in software. So IMO whatever the traditional way of learning software either does not exist or is potentially overrated. I'm not even sure there's much of value you're going to learn at school other than something about Big O Notation, which you don't need to pay tens of thousands of dollars to learn. Just my opinion though.

Not knowing you, it sounds like you're overwhelmed by a bunch of other stuff (e.g., the way you talk about your GPA), not just your job.