> in the rest of the world where it's affordable/free, most would hesitate to hire self-taught developers, even in web development positions. I live in a count

> in the rest of the world where it's affordable/free, most would hesitate to hire self-taught developers, even in web development positions. I live in a country with free education and nobody cares about developer education, if said developer has some experience. I, myself, dropped university in the last year (it was my mistake at that time, but whatever) and the only real issue it caused in my life is that I can't easily get work permission in Europe (and many other countries) if I would decide to immigrate there. And even then it's possible to compensate lack of degree with work experience, I just don't exactly know how it works, because most of my work so far is kind of "self-employed freelancer", so I have no idea how I would prove my work experience to the visa office. That said, getting proper education is not a bad thing, it's just not very essential, at least in my experience.