Different country, different context. I dropped out of the first college after 2-3 years (was hard and useless and tended to produce soulless zombies) and start

Different country, different context. I dropped out of the first college after 2-3 years (was hard and useless and tended to produce soulless zombies) and started another one which was much easier just to get my degree, while working at the same time. A few comments: - college is about meeting people and doing different stuff. It's been said a lot, but not enough. - the very few (3 in my case) really good teachers made a difference. Falls into the "meeting people, doing stuff" thing. - overall, I think wasting over 4 years on getting my degree was a mistake, probably the biggest one I made. When I didn't have to also go to college at the same time my freelancing really took of, and I probably did more in the next year then in the previous three. BUT - I have a career (not just a job) where it's very very unlikely anyone will ever ask me for a diploma.