I can't believe no one commented on this gem: >If you were to judge me just by my reading list you'd think I was university-trained but I'm not. Would going t

I can't believe no one commented on this gem: >If you were to judge me just by my reading list you'd think I was university-trained but I'm not. Would going to university make you a better developer as opposed to a 4 year version of the exercise you described? Probably not (though it wouldn't certainly drill function complexity into your head a little better). Will it make you easier to get a job? Yea, I think so. I don't know much about you, but I do know a lot of companies expect a BS. If they notice your resume doesn't list one, I would wager they spend even more time drilling on the theory side of things to validate their preconceptions that you don't know what you're doing. Article after article says don't go to college. Sure, that's great if someone hands you $100k and you have no supervisor. But some people just want to feed their family doing what they enjoy. Anyway, you sound like a great developer as is. And this is coming from someone who considers himself a bad developer; it says as much in my profile.