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<p>Personally, I leveraged tech training I received in the military into a comfortable professional career. No college degree. For tech training, there’s really nothing comparable (obviously, you can’t enlist as an infantryman, you have to choose a technical field.) Sure, I missed a lot the benefits of a college education - but then, I was never the type who could spend four years in college, anyway - my learning style is the "firehose "- I want 8-12 hours a day of a single subject for a few weeks or a few months - not 3 hours a week lasting, well, forever. </p>
<p>To the original subject - I’ve met a number of very successful ‘entrepreneurs’ - some, people whose names you’d know - and frankly, most of them aren’t really built for 4 years of college. They’re often impatient, aggressive types, many of them you might think of as showing Asperger’s and/or ADHD characteristics. </p>
<p>And many display a resilience most of us might think borders on the loony - they try, fail, try, fail, try, fail, and so on, ad nauseum, long after most of us would say “Maybe it’s time to get a Real Job™.” </p>
<p>Not making value judgements - people are just different. And finishing college doesn’t mean you’ll never make it as an entrepreneur, any more than quitting college means you will. </p>
<p>My only point is that it’s all-but impossible to make a “rule” for this; everyone is different, and has their own path. </p>
<p>That said, I’d certainly encourage anyone to finish college, because it’s very difficult to go back, once you start making money, have bills, a family, etc.</p>