And for every million like him there are a hundred or two hundred million who are not as driven, motivated, talented. People who are successful despite being u

And for every million like him there are a hundred or two hundred million who are not as driven, motivated, talented. People who are successful despite being uneducated are outliers. Stories like OP (and Bill Gates and countless others) are stories. Anecdotes. Single data points that are meaningless without context. Deciding to forego an education based on such stories is a risky game.