Keep going to school, but remember, school is a means to an end. Don't just go because you think it's expected. Go to learn that last 10% of what you don't know

Keep going to school, but remember, school is a means to an end. Don't just go because you think it's expected. Go to learn that last 10% of what you don't know. Even a genius isn't born with knowledge. It has to be acquired. Trust me, and I really hope this does not come across as a dig, but however much of a badass coder you may be, you have no idea how much you don't know. If you dive in and work your butt off, you'll advance like crazy, opportunities will come, and you'll realize how much you don't know. Lastly, I will offer some advice that you probably won't hear from a lot of Hacker News users. Corporate coders aren't all just drones who don't understand new tech. Most corporate coders write a lot of code in their spare time. There's no reason why you can't take a corporate coding job, and write iPhone apps at night. Obviously, it's easier to go to school full time, but take it from me, I worked two jobs, supported a wife and baby AND attended college at the same time. Was it hard? Yeah. But I've been a coder for over 11 years now, launched several of my own products and am working on another right now. I've done massive work for several Fortune 500 companies and make well over six figures and climbing. And I did it all on a community college degree.