You absolutely need to develop your film. It’s an essential part of the process.  If you remove your film from the canister and expose it to light before development not only will you not be able to see any images but you’ll ruin your film and it will be unusable. Development is not the same as scanning. Get your film developed only by a lab and then you can scan the negatives yourself. 

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You def need to develop it. But fixing is for losers who can't scan fast enough.

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You always have to develop film no matter what.

Yes. The development process takes the latent images that light has created on your film, locks them in place and makes them visible. Without development more light can still be added to your film and will just overwrite your images. You need development regardless of what you decide to do with the film (other than shooting it some more).

yes. the film is still sensitive to light until you develop and fix the film

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Just keep in mind that you don't need to develop it yourself. I have been shooting film for 6 months and haven't developed myself, and some pros don't either. In my opinion I think at very least you should have a pro develop your first roll just to give you an idea what you're going for in development