Keep gettting a hard time from people

Question

firstly apologies as this may be the wrong section to post, but it has the 'c#' word in it
most of you guys know im self studying, picking up books and learning at my own pace in my own way, nd making some good progress.
but my friends and family say that i need to stop this and get myself to university and get a degree as i wont get a job otherwise as there is no qualification in self study apart from Microsoft Certs but most employers wont be interested and would favour a degree.
they say i could do the degree then if i wanted to study for microsoft certs afterwards and i will have a better understanding afterwards.
what you guys think on this? i know its my choice but im stuck :S