Nonsense, your pointing to Bill Gates just shows how little you know. In order to get a job even close to where bill gates started from, you'll need to learn C++, ASP, Java, Pascal, COBOL and all the other programming languages, plus become completely MSCE in Server, XP, Networking, A+ cert, Novell, Cisco, etc.. Good luck teaching yourself all of that. Bill Gates got started at the very very beginning when it was by today's terms comparitively easy to learn and very little competition.
And yes it is possible to get a good job without a college degree, but the facts show college educated students earn far more than those who do not.
Nonsense, your pointing to Bill Gates just shows how little you know. Oh to be young, stupid, and full of hubris again.
JMO, but you are going to be in for a big shock, if you ever enter the real world.