If you're asking the question, then you're too young to decide against college. Keep your options open. It won't hurt your web development career, and if you change your mind about your career (like most people do between the ages of 18 and 25) you won't be stuck playing college catch-up.<p>You really don't want to go to college when you're years older than the other students. All the kids will think you're a loser, and they'll think you're creepy if you try to hang out with them. You'll think they're shallow and irresponsible, and you'll resent it when they do as well in class as you. No, thanks. Now is the time. Just go. If the obligatory college pastimes of drinking, socializing, and watching foreign films sound silly to you, I've got good news: you'll have LOTS of free time at college to work on your web development skills.<p>P.S. He got a variety of responses and a lively discussion among people who are still interested in web development. The answers would be much more predictable if you could ask the people who entered college as programming freaks and developed an interest in economics or anthropology. I think that consideration settles the issue pretty well.