I had basically the same SATs except I dropped out of high school. I still got a job at 17 for 30k/year which adjusted for inflation + san francisco wages is li

I had basically the same SATs except I dropped out of high school. I still got a job at 17 for 30k/year which adjusted for inflation + san francisco wages is like 60k+/year. At this point you can't compete with Stanford grads. The great thing is that there aren't that many Stanford grads (or mit, cmu, etc.) You don't even have to compete with them to get a decent job. Worst case, work QA for a year in a position where you can code as part of your job, but you don't need to code to be hired.