@dad3sons You are seeing many different experiences and that is good. The one thing I will say, despite the path one takes to get it, is that it is much better to have at least a Bachelors degree than not. I got a degree in six years, did nothing with it, raised kids, and it is only recently, starting in my late 40s, that I began to use my degree in a fulfilling way. But what I am doing now would not be possible if I had no degree. You will never go wrong getting a higher education.