I like driving. I dropped out of college after 2 years of going nowhere. Worked dead end jobs for a few years and finally set out to do what I wanted. I'm the "oh look, a fly" types in a classroom environment. Lose focus easily and find researching subjects or paging thru boring textbooks maddening. Listening to some old coger drone on and on in lectures puts me to sleep. Hands on and trial and error are the way I learn. Very few college subjects pertain to the syllabus material you actually need for a chosen career field but they require you to take it anyway. That time would be better spent actually focusing on the material needed for your career path. College wouldn't have to drag on so long if this were the case but it's lucrative to keep you there as long as possible.

I'm a rear load garbage truck driver and aside from interesting odors, dealing with gross stuff and the occasional texting teen or blind granny trying to inadvertantly run me over its a pretty laid back gig that pays well and lets me sleep in my own bed each night. I work a rural route so get to see a lot of beautiful country, twisty backroads and meet a lot of friendly doggos and give them treats! Getting in and out of the truck and moving keeps me in decent shape also so gaining weight isn't an issue which is good.

Frankly, college is just a huge scam for most people in today's world I think. Doctors, lawyers, astronauts, engineers and the like I get, but most jobs can be done by people without a degree and some hands on training. Computer degrees especially should be obsolete. Younger people entering the workforce are so ingrained with technology now those things should be second nature. I'm 33 but about as computer illiterate as a boomer because I had little exposure to them until college and zero interest in figuring them out. Atypical for someone my age but there you are.