A college degree would be useful so it would be beneficial to speak to the professor and figure out a way to straight things. I agree with your sentiment. I'm

A college degree would be useful so it would be beneficial to speak to the professor and figure out a way to straight things. I agree with your sentiment. I'm never good with authorities for the whole life. But I have learned that it is sometimes useful to just cope with them to get what you want. You don't have to worry about the degree if you are really good, so good that people are showing you with offers. If that's not the case, just fake your attitude and get it done. You don't need a straight A for a good living but you should get as many A as possible if you want to apply for masters/PhDs in good foreign universities. Another piece of advice: "faking it" is an essential skill for all human interactions, be it with professors, girlfriends, wives or colleagues. If you are like me, you don't like it, I'd advise you to drill so deep into the technicals that people are going to hire you even if you are an asshole. You should aim for low level system programming, preferably something you can work as a lone wolf. Malware reverse engineer, malware researchers, exploitation authors, security researchers, these titles come into mind but in general all low level programming requires less interactions with humans.