Regardless of what you do, get the education. It doesn’t matter if you are in business or plumbing or working on cars. Look around when you go to interviews, the guy doing the interviewing usually has certificates and degrees on the wall.

However, it depends. Certainly you will not be hired as a doctor, lawyer nor an engineer without a degree.

As to your question, it really depends on the job. In some cases, high school education with the experience could work.

Be quicker to get that BS/BA than 10 yrs experience. Usually, you can do internships, research, relevant student/part time jobs. College is expensive got to pay for it somehow.

From what I’ve seen, college degree/college time will get you through the door faster than experience.

Ultimately, it depends on what you want to do.

For the most part, you will not be given a chance at a position if you don’t have the education AND experience.