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In my [limited] experience, it's common for developers who haven't had a formal CS education to never pick up some of the important CS fundamentals. Of course it's certainly possible to learn this stuff on your own, just unlikely.

A few other things to keep in mind:

* You can build things while you're in school, and if anything starts taking off then drop out.

* Or you can just work hard and graduate in ~3 years, especially since you already know how to program.

* College is about more than just taking classes and learning the material for your degree.



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