I'm finishing high school (after some detours; I'm 21) this year and starting a software engineering degree this fall. The problem is that I don't want to. I live in Hungary and I'd like to leave this place. So I've started thinking thinking that maybe I could spend the next 4-6 moths learning and building things in hopes that I could get a job someplace else. But most job listings specifically list a degree or equivalent work experience as a requirement.

I've never worked in the field, not even as a freelancer and I only started programming a few months ago. I haven't written anything big either. ( https://github.com/randomchars )

Do you have any suggestion or input on this issue?