[mclenithan]

Don't go to an expensive school. Second, work while you go to school. Lastly, you don't have to finish and get the degree, just get the foundations of what you need and a few great connections.

If you don't go to college, you won't get college experiences. Trust me, college experiences are some of the best in life.

If you go to a super expensive school and don't work, really depends on how much money mommy and daddy got, plus you don't want to be they guy who shows up for a Web Dev position with all your fun algorithmic theories but you hand code new functionality like a chump.

Either way, you'll be fine if you're typing if-then statements but get some life experience, too, or else you'll just be a nerd with no stories, aka lonely.