When I was in school, I had learn a skill, well it was a soft skill which is virtual assistant. I thought nothing was goon come out of it while in school and that I need to focus on my study and when I'm done, I can then focus more on my skill. But it happened the other way round. I was getting gigs and recommendation from people far and near. I was wondering if I could cope in school, at the end of the day, I became famous and start using my skill more than what I learnt from school. Till date, I will choose skill over school.
it depends on the country that you find yourself if you are in good country I will advise the use to prefer education more than skills because education will give you a good job that government will respect you and also Honor you, and you will not be maltreat or look less to the eye of the government, but in the country whereby government does not value education and think that the best thing to do is to learn skill, because skill is something that also make someone to be rich,
Yes, it sure depend on the society you find yourselves. Some society prefer skilled workers over certificate while in some countries your certificate speaks for you. This is why we have fake doctors, nurses, engineers, including all fake professions in our world today. Education is good, like its a criteria but when it comes to earn a living, people dont see education as a means anymore.