Originally Posted by
zft
Regardless, you're making a lot of assumptions and you're exaggerating the (opportunity) costs of OP completing his degree. Degrees are extremely valuable: they give the holder more choice and more opportunity and significantly increase lifetime earnings. For *most* people, it makes sense to complete a degree where they accrue little or no debt, as I assume would be the case for OP given that he lives in Spain. Perhaps a degree is less valuable in regards to working as an SSC, but OP is young and capricious and brands/companies are ephemeral---maybe OP won't want to be a coach anymore in five years and maybe the SS brand vanishes in ten. You may retort with, "Well, then OP can always go back to university." Unfortunately, going back to university later in life isn't always an option and this ignores the fact that for the ten years that OP delayed going back, he didn't benefit from having a degree! If you're going to get a degree in your life, your maximize your return by getting it as early as possible. OP currently finds himself in the right circumstances to attend university and likely has some completed coursework in a solid degree; there is certainly an argument to be made for him to finish it.