Seeking Advice Anyone ?

The best advice I can give is your working career is for the long term. Without a degree, down the road you may find you will hit ceiling on how far you can go in the business world. However, that doesn't mean you need a degree 4 years after high school. You could set a goal like have it before 30 while working and gaining valuable experience. And start with a 2 year degree. Personally, I have a computer engineering degree and an MBA and I scrap as a fun hobby. What I have witnessed in my engineering career is many technicians who could run circles around younger engineers, but without a 4 year degree, can't move out of the tech labor grade.