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by re1ser 4463 days ago
I'm in similar situation, and from neighbor country, Serbia. 24 years old, and with 2 classes left to finish college. I've started with freelancing 2 years ago while I still had tons of classes left, then job just went upwards. At the moment I work for a monthly salary that would cover atleast 8 months of living here, but this reflected negatively on my motivation and time for last extra push to finish remaining 2 classes. What I can tell you is to not give up, as majority of other people mentioned here, college degree may feel not-needed in your CS career, but it doesnt really hurt to have one. I actually renewed my college year today, and plan to finish it by July, while working fulltime. I also recommend you to not focus fully on college, IMHO, better use your time to develop your skills on whatever you want to do in future and look at college as a place to make connections with other people and try to finish it with minimal effort involved in classes that won't help you at all in your professional path.