[Porsche-O-Phile]

To be perfectly honest if I had to do it all again I’d seriously consider going that route, building a nice bit of savings, getting on my own feet financially and THEN (after being a journeyman for a few years) going to college (loan-free), maybe open my own business, etc. afterwards.

The biggest advantage one has in going the “conventional” college route (aside from being around a lot of peers your own age and in similar situations, which does count for something...) is that you’re a lot likelier to see it through. I know a lot of people who said “oh I’ll take a couple of years off do do ___ and then go” who never went back or who never finished. People get wrapped up in their lives and lose the ability to see where they are as a temporary step - relationships / marriages / kids or other complications come among, they get additcted to the money (forgetting that they could surpass that hugely in a few years if they stayed committed to the course of action they originally intended, etc.)