I'd have told his 20-year-old self to stick with college too. While I'm 100% convinced that you don't need a college degree at all to be a great developer, the

I'd have told his 20-year-old self to stick with college too. While I'm 100% convinced that you don't need a college degree at all to be a great developer, the barriers you'll find to landing a role, getting promotions, getting compensation commensurate to your experience etc. will all be (unnecessarily) way more difficult.