I feel this. I went in for phys-eng 5 year program, failed out. Was lucky I picked up making websites on the side, now making applications/SWE by supplied job t

I feel this. I went in for phys-eng 5 year program, failed out. Was lucky I picked up making websites on the side, now making applications/SWE by supplied job title. I still think about school but man it's a commitment/time sink/test of discipline. Also I still have debt from when I attended. I feel the same as OP but I think aside from money/professional, I could pursue those interests (SLAM/robotics for me) for personal passion. I was in for 3 discontinuous years I didn't immediately fail out, once I started getting into quantum that math was a bit much for me and then tried to switch to comp sci but didn't cut it the grades. It was a discipline problem on my part/not doing my work.