[JarJarHulaHoop]

To the OP, this is top-notch advice. In my opinion, the certs are valuable but it's easy to get a bit overwhelmed by it and overdo them (also many of them require experience but I'm sure the company you have a part-time job in can vouch for your experience if you continue with them. I'd advise you to take the more vendor-neutral ones like CompTIA.

As the poster above said, and I cannot emphasize as much, networking is incredibly important so be professional with your work relationships and increase your connections as much as you can.

You may not be able to get pass the degree-wall of big companies like Google (although they are beginning to hire degree-less candidates now) - but that doesn't mean that consolidating your experiences and whacking up a great resume and throwing yourself out there will land you any less of a satisfying job - the clever employers know to look past the worth of pieces of paper acknowledging that you're capable of regurgitating information.

Good luck with what you decide anyhow.