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Do not. If you based your decision because you think or heard that some famous and rich people dropped out from school, you just committed survivorship bias. [1]

Here is a thing that I learned when I finished college (I have two degrees which means it has been happened twice in my life):

college is not just about learning, its about finding friends and socializing. You can learn anything by yourself, anytime, anywhere, but knowing some people is hard.

You may think that your friend is loser, because they are just playing or party around. Well, here is the thing: one of your friend will be someone, either small business men or work in government. This is a long-term investment. When they success and you have learned more skill in IT, when they need some custom software or service, they will probably remember you and call you or vice versa.

Big company can wait later, do you think you are the only programmer out there? Think again, there is probably more with a degree, experience, and smarter than you.

So, you failed on exam? Try again and keep having fun with your friend.

So, you don't like socializing? Write something, built something, while you still have free time in college, learn and create. Later you will get a degree and product to show. Free time is hard to get when you already in "big" company.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias




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