needing college is a calculation of your planned life trajectory. I am finishing two degrees this year, law and economics with statistics and I can tell you 80% of the time you are wasting your time. however depending on your life plan that 20% may be the edge you need. but seriously if you dream of a startup career a degree is pretty much useless. I started learning code, from fundamentals, html intact, don't laugh, two months ago and I can say for a person with your experience you need not go to college, instead strive to create a new language within the next two years and chalk it off as college.