Motivation for college: education or salary?

[FlyingNarwhal]

When I first got out of high school I thought that I needed college in order to get a good paying job. When I came back home after the first year I started working for a summer job and ended up staying and advancing pretty quick. I never took it as far as I could have at that job, but essentially I learned I could climb pretty quick in a business without a degree. Ended up being put in a bad place by my boss, so I ended up quitting and now I'm starting back from the bottom at another place. But essentially you can make a very similar, if not the same amount of money as a college grad if you work hard enough.