I upvoted parent and grandparent.<p>Alex3917's 'myth' is a strawman: of course it's possible to do well without an education. You shouldn't roll over and give up just because you didn't get to go to 4-year college. But an education is a resource, and you want to use all the resources you can get at.<p>I agree that universities are often prohibitively expensive, and not always the best decision anymore. Many programs at many universities flunk a cost-benefit analysis.