I've been writing code since I was 10. Everything I learned about software was knowledge I went out and learned on my own time, through my drive to become a bet

I've been writing code since I was 10. Everything I learned about software was knowledge I went out and learned on my own time, through my drive to become a better and better engineer. In the middle of my senior year I got a job at a startup that demanded so much time I felt it was better to pause college, and the hard work I've done since has paid off tremendously. I am going back to school, but there is nothing I regret about leaving initially, there is nothing I am learning that I didn't already study on my own time. For every story about engineers who dropped out and got a menial job and had no ambition to become a better engineer, there are stories of engineers who had that ambition from the start and the degree became a nuisance. You shouldn't hold it against them until you know why they chose the path they did