I wouldn’t go to university...[instead just learn to code and build a business online making $5k a month.](paraphrased.) This is bad advice if you're truly see

I wouldn’t go to university...[instead just learn to code and build a business online making $5k a month.](paraphrased.) This is bad advice if you're truly seeking to be educated, rather than merely be trained for a job. The problem with self-education is that you'll only ever gravitate toward things that you find interesting or useful. Which is probably just fine if all you care about is making a basic living doing something you enjoy. But, if you're interesting in learning, there is a lot of value in basically being forced to do difficult things that you don't necessarily enjoy doing in the moment. I might even call this skill a requirement for adulthood, which is full of such situations. Of course, don't go into serious debt for it, but that's a different question. The value of an education shouldn't be primarily financial in the first place.