Yeah I agree with a lot of what you are saying :) Here in the USA, a college degree is pretty much what corporate employers use to screen out people from non-tr

Yeah I agree with a lot of what you are saying :) Here in the USA, a college degree is pretty much what corporate employers use to screen out people from non-traditional learning backgrounds that may actually be good at the job, but don't fit arbitrary criteria. And of course, nowadays most younger people have a degree, so employers have just started denying people for "not being the right fit". Either way, if you can produce technology and code that other employers find valuable, then you can probably find work as a w2 or 1099 employee. But if you can't, then I'm not really sure what your options are, unless you have a ton of connections or money.