Originally posted on 01/29/2012:

If you are already putting in that kind of time at a job and don't want to spend forever in school you should get a "trade" at a technical school and split the cost and commitment of both. Everybody else thinks they are going to have large offices and secretaries, but someone still has to fix the plumbing and dig the ditches. You will make great money and be in a position to own your own biz in due time.