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I'm trying to write 2 sentences with "not only...but also", but I don't really no if they are correct or not!
1.I don’t like to go to college because not only it costs a lot but they also might waste my time by teaching unnecessary topics.
2.as a junior or senior web developer, not only you can work for companies but you also can work as a self-employed.
1.I don’t like to go to college because not only does it cost a lot but it might also waste my time by making me learn unnecessary topics.
2.As a junior or senior web developer, not only you can work for companies but you can also work as self-employed.
I think this is a more natural placement of the word also. In the first sentence it may be confusing if you change the subject, so I made it work with IT, which refers to going to college or higher education in general.
Another point is that if a clause begins with not only (as in sentence 1), you can use the inversion of Auxiliary and Subject, although it is not compulsory, especially in spoken language.
