I deferred school until the Spring semester (starting January) and ended up working for IBM for about 7 months right out of high school. Went back to work for

I deferred school until the Spring semester (starting January) and ended up working for IBM for about 7 months right out of high school. Went back to work for them every summer. Other people I know stretched the 4 years out to 5 or 6 and worked while they studied (stick with Tuesday and Thursday only classes).