This is really a personal decision. Most people would benefit from college, but there are plenty of otherwise smart people who aren't cut out for it (like me).

This is really a personal decision. Most people would benefit from college, but there are plenty of otherwise smart people who aren't cut out for it (like me). Here's what I'd say: Go to college, but don't stick around if it turns out to be a waste of your time. That's the mistake I made. It took me nine years and $35000 in student loans to figure out that I'm not cut out for college. That said, I did learn a decent amount about programming in college that I might not have learned about on my own. So it wasn't a complete waste of my time.