I'm just a random dude on Hacker News, but I would suggest college. You can always change your mind and go back into the Industry, and you will be working your

I'm just a random dude on Hacker News, but I would suggest college. You can always change your mind and go back into the Industry, and you will be working your whole life. There is also more to college than education, especially for a young man like yourself. Think of it as practicing your professional Networking skills. > The traditional wisdom that I'd read repeatedly until last year was job experience triumphs college and the opportunity cost is not worth it. If you were taking on loans that might be the case. But in your case, you have a scholarship that tilts the opportunity cost. To take a swipe at some conventional wisdom, yes experience does trump college eventually. But like a lot of things involving experience, people (like employers) only value it after you have it. Our profession is unique in that you can hack your way around college, but that is itself experience and you are competing with many others that are hacking that as well. It is true that after a decade your college degree won't stand out as much, but when you don't have much experience a degree gives you a boost. > startup That's all you had to say. That is a large risk in these economic times even for experienced developers. I would look at this job with the same jaundiced eye as Silicon Valley equity options, and have a backup plan when things go sideways. FWIW, I dropped out of college, worked for a while, and then went back to college. From my perspective it was worth the cost.