I quit college. It was boring. I got my first programming job from a reader of my blog (www.curi.us), because he saw I was very smart. Low pay (low for programm

I quit college. It was boring. I got my first programming job from a reader of my blog (www.curi.us), because he saw I was very smart. Low pay (low for programming, but better than waiting tables or whatever) but I learned a lot and, with that knowledge, got a great subsequent job. If you're good at stuff, opportunities exist. If you're not, but you're motivated, you can learn more, faster, cheaper, outside of school.