[daemonk]

A 4 year degree is only valuable if you actually had the mental maturity to take advantage of it at the time (I didn't). Unfortunately, that doesn't seem true with the majority of the kids graduating from high school. They see it as just another hoop to jump through.

If someone told me now that I can spend 4 years just learning things, have access to intelligent people, and great resources/facilities without worrying about a gap in my cv, I would jump at that chance.

I am going to hacker school in Feb, so hopefully it will be kind of like that. Albeit for a much shorter amount of time (3 months).