I dropped out but looking back it was a very risky decision even though I was already making a little bit of money. I was confident in my skills at the time but

I dropped out but looking back it was a very risky decision even though I was already making a little bit of money. I was confident in my skills at the time but now looking back I didn't know shit. There are so many potential unforeseen situations in life that can take you off track pretty bad(relationships, family passing away, etc.). I was lucky to have a job that allowed me to have time to hone my technical skills at the same time. If any of those situations happened to me, I probably would be stuck in a very bad financial situation that I would never have been able to bounce back from. I see a lot of my friends who dropped out because their families couldn't afford to not have them working full time and it looks like they won't be able to make that much more than minimum wage for a while.