> I had been working as a developer for 5 years by the time my friends of the same age finished their degrees. I knew a fellow who didn't go to university and

> I had been working as a developer for 5 years by the time my friends of the same age finished their degrees. I knew a fellow who didn't go to university and was managing a team of 12 developers within his first five years of work. He was richer than the average graduate too.