TIL Valve founder, Gabe Newell, attended Harvard in 1980 but dropped out to work at Microsoft in 1983. He spent 13 years working at Microsoft. Later, he stated he learned more in 3 months at Microsoft than he ever did at Harvard.

[u/MarineKingPrime_]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Newell

[u/9throwawayDERP]

They all do. Nearly all schools let you take leaves of absences and then come back and finish your degrees. Some leave to compete in the olympics, some to take care of family.

All they care is that you pay tuition.