I really hope you're treating your job like a gig to tide you over until you find something better. That environment will crush your soul. Don't let it become

I really hope you're treating your job like a gig to tide you over until you find something better. That environment will crush your soul. Don't let it become your life. Regardless of what your employer thinks, you don't need a four year degree to make a good living. There are lots of fulfilling careers that don't require you to go to college. On the other hand, if you get a solid engineering degree, you can take on a few tens of thousands of dollars of debt. If you want to study liberal arts, then you should look for ways do it without spending so much money. It can be done. Figure out what your goals are and what you need to do to achieve them. I'm sure it won't involve staying indefinitely at your current job with the algae in the ice machine.