Quite on point, and to collaborate this I will say it's high time we as parents help our young change the narrative making them to understand that even without having to go through the four walls of a university you can still progress and live that great dream. With the right digital/tech skills you wouldn't be needing any university degree to excel because currently we have very a few persons with the tech skills that are highly in demand by many organisations and companies unlike what we have now many universities graduates with disciplines that are not invoke and needless for demands by companies and corporations that are into digital products and services.
Possible but that would compromise social interaction skills when they do learn up everything online. This might be that looks basic stuff but it will be that totally affecting his interpersonal skills with other people on which this is something crucial soon specially that once you do landed up a work then human interaction and communication is really that important. Well, it do depends on a certain individual because we us humans do easily make out some adaptation into the places or things that we are getting involved into. What matter the most on here is on the skill that you do acquired and the knowledge been learnt up. For employers POV then you do consider out on having a degree rather than on skills but it will be depending on a certain manager or owner on what would be the reconsiderations that be made or be given into some applications into this aspect. Choosing on whats best for their company will be their priority so it will vary into their considerations.
You're off the lane on this bruh which shouldn't be because you ought to know that tech/digital skills are not only limited to online class lessons but there are physical centres too where these skills are being taught which still would promote social interactions as much as any university wall would. However, having to learn any of those tech skills online doesn't limit one from being a good social interactor because even in the online classes it's still an interactive learning sessions.