<p>@simba9 - I believe you have had that experience, but I have had quite the opposite. 21 out of 22 of my close high school friends who became software developers (each with salaries of over $110+ by their mid-twenties) do not have a college degree, and a handful have never even graduated high school. The one who does have a degree has a degree in an unrelated subject. In fact, in my experience, those with degrees are the exception, rather than the rule. I don’t think I’ve ever met a successful programmer under the age of 30 who did have a college degree, in fact. The programmers who do, I’ve noticed, are much less successful than the ones who don’t. My theory is that the initiative to self-learn is what separates programmers who can stay up to date with the times and those who fall behind with obsolete knowledge, and those with that initiative have never needed to have their hands held via a classroom setting.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a generational thing. Interesting point of view. Thanks for sharing</p>