If you are asking this question, chances are you're not going to learn 3x much being on your own because you just demonstrate that inability.
People always pick Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and a handful (yes, a handful) others who made it big without finishing college as example to support their own excuse to skip college. This is a gross overgeneralization and not the complete story.
Do you currently have a better opportunity in front of your face than college? Cause Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg went to college and quit when that kind of opportunity (a huge one) appeared in front of them. They never ask online forums for life directions (they might ask their parents, something that seems not happening in your life).
It looks like you're a typical badass teenager who has problem with authority, discipline, and focus rather than a badass developer. We'll see if you can be successful without changing that mindset. I know a few of my friends who were like you in the past but had to succumb somehow. You don't live in your own world, there are other people around you.
So no, you're not going to learn 3x much since you don't even know what to learn and where to start? And no, you won't build much more credibility than "some graduate from Carnegie Mellon" because of your character. Chances are you're going to be a very awful leader and you might build something that might be popular in short term but won't sustain in the long term.
You are aspiring, I give you that. But badass? yeah, badass in a bad term, not in some sort of hacker-y awesome term. Please do yourself a favor and don't waste your precious potential. Go to college.
Now, here's the meat: go to college and take either Business, Economics, Commerce, or Accounting major. Technical skill itself won't do any good. If you can't work under anybody else, that means you have to lead. Take Leadership, Communication, Psychology courses.
And do the world a favor before you screw other people in the future in any shape or form or opportunity: find a good mentor cause you need some guidance.
People always pick Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and a handful (yes, a handful) others who made it big without finishing college as example to support their own excuse to skip college. This is a gross overgeneralization and not the complete story.
Do you currently have a better opportunity in front of your face than college? Cause Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg went to college and quit when that kind of opportunity (a huge one) appeared in front of them. They never ask online forums for life directions (they might ask their parents, something that seems not happening in your life).
It looks like you're a typical badass teenager who has problem with authority, discipline, and focus rather than a badass developer. We'll see if you can be successful without changing that mindset. I know a few of my friends who were like you in the past but had to succumb somehow. You don't live in your own world, there are other people around you.
So no, you're not going to learn 3x much since you don't even know what to learn and where to start? And no, you won't build much more credibility than "some graduate from Carnegie Mellon" because of your character. Chances are you're going to be a very awful leader and you might build something that might be popular in short term but won't sustain in the long term.
You are aspiring, I give you that. But badass? yeah, badass in a bad term, not in some sort of hacker-y awesome term. Please do yourself a favor and don't waste your precious potential. Go to college.
Now, here's the meat: go to college and take either Business, Economics, Commerce, or Accounting major. Technical skill itself won't do any good. If you can't work under anybody else, that means you have to lead. Take Leadership, Communication, Psychology courses.
And do the world a favor before you screw other people in the future in any shape or form or opportunity: find a good mentor cause you need some guidance.