Stop talking about those vague things. From a secular point of view, not going to college means not having a degree. When people hear that you graduated from high school or junior high school, their first impression is very bad. Don't say you can make money unless you can be Ma Likun's father, but Ma Yun's father also took several college entrance examinations and was admitted to the university!
Universities learn not only knowledge and skills, but also skills. I would say that some vocational and technical schools may teach better skills or an apprentice has good skills.
University teaches you vision, not mind. How far a person can go is not how much skill you have, but how big your mind is and how high your vision is. There is a joke circulating on the Internet that poverty limits your imagination. Similarly, your vision also limits your path.
When you study in a good university for four years, you may not feel it, but when you look back, you will feel that you have changed a lot and become better. And look at your classmates who went to work after high school. Their salary may be higher than yours now, but what about in the future?
Don't you feel speechless when chatting? Don't you have the same language?
This is probably the difference between not going to college. Speaking of vegetable prices, ordinary citizens may only want to save a few cents today, but economic experts have seen the changes in the market.
So, study hard and try to get into a university. You won't regret it.