You seem confused about a couple of things. First, you don't understand what a PhD represents. It isn't a measurement of how intelligent you are. It shows a mea

You seem confused about a couple of things. First, you don't understand what a PhD represents. It isn't a measurement of how intelligent you are. It shows a meaningful understanding and contribution in some specialized part of your field. Second, I agree with other replies that brought up the Dunning-Kruger effect. You feel that you were on par or better than a teacher of yours that has a PhD. Does your teacher agree? Third, if you really want to do well in business you should improve your communication skills. Judging by your cultural references I'm assuming that English is your first language. Your post and replies have several typos, grammatical errors, and areas where your meaning is unclear. Why do you point out you don't have a PhD when the reality is you probably haven't graduated high school yet? What does "by choice" mean in reference to JavaScript? Did someone hold a gun to your head and make you learn PHP? I've worked with good coders that didn't have a degree but having that piece of paper opens some doors. If you're as smart as you claim to be you should be able to get into a pretty good school. Once you're there you'll be surrounded by other smart people. Spending time with smart people has lots of benefits. If you want to learn to run a business you can start one while you're in school. It'll probably fail. Figure out what went wrong and try again. In four years you'll have learned a lot about running a business, made good contacts with smart people, and have a nice piece of paper. If you get lucky and the business works out you can always just drop out.