I have mixed feelings about this. I got terrible grades in college, and dropped out three times. The idea of ever going back makes me feel queasy. I hated it, a

I have mixed feelings about this. I got terrible grades in college, and dropped out three times. The idea of ever going back makes me feel queasy. I hated it, and I wouldn't wish it upon anybody that feels like me. Then again, nobody took me seriously before I graduated. I always had lots to offer, but no opportunities to offer it. Graduating gave me opportunities to meet people who could look past my grades and still see me as an intelligent, capable person. Those people ended up helping me to get my first "real" job...a job I got fired from for being "too technical", but nonetheless, a job which put an immense amount of experience on my resume in a short amount of time. In other words, college sucked ass, but it opened so many doors that I can't be too bitter about it. I guess my true feelings on the matter are as follows: drop out, but make sure you are dropping out because you have an amazing opportunity...not because you don't like it. Oh, and if you do drop out, never say to yourself "I don't care what anybody thinks of my decision". You do, and you are lying to yourself. You can't succeed anywhere without a decent subset of people trusting you. If you can earn their trust without a degree, awesome. If you can't, you either need to find a different subset of people, or you need to earn it the way that they expect.