This is a good problem to have, so if you're feeling pressured, don't. You're choosing the greater of two goods, so to speak, so it's hard to do something at this stage that will drastically screw up your life.<p>I believe going to college will ultimately open more doors for you than bypassing college to work will. There are things you probably know about right now that you would find interesting but which require a college education. For example, actually working at Apple would almost certainly require a college degree just to get in the door for an interview. That may not be a particular door you'd like to walk through, but the point still stands - by not going to college you are closing that door. Further, part of college involves filling gaps in your knowledge you might not even know exist (so-called 'unknown unknowns'). I took a linguistics course, for example, and find it to be an INCREDIBLY fruitful body of knowledge to draw from as I explain and reason about the world around me. I had no linguistic bent before college, but I am much richer for the knowledge.<p>By working now, you are gaining some good experience, and you're drawing a paycheck (and the numbers are immaterial right now - almost ANY paycheck beats the money the average college kid earns). You're passing up student loans if those are a concern of yours, and in a sense you'll be learning a lot that college won't teach. I don't know enough about the startup versus media firm to have a solid opinion, but you should keep in mind that your age and lack of a college degree will hinder your ability to switch jobs if either company goes Tango Uniform. Further, depending on when that happens, you may be sitting around for a semester waiting to enroll in college if that's what you decide to do.<p>If I were you, I'd find some way to get a college education on something approaching a reasonable time frame. By reasonable, I don't mean four or even five years - I'm thinking closer to seven. If you can keep up work full time while getting that degree, you reap the benefits of both choices at the cost of some of your social life. I did that with grad school and don't feel I missed anything worth experiencing. That said, I'm a modern day Daniel Plainview, meaning I 'tolerate' most people but like very few. Your mileage will almost certainly vary, and the choice and consequences are ultimately yours.