[fiddlerwoaroof]

I think a lot of people do college too young: if you can find a reasonable “real” job, a gap year or two will give you some life experience and a chance to mature a bit, which puts you in a much better place for actually learning.

[gowld]

A real job is usually not learning academics, so it won't make people better at the raw learning. It might help in other, social ways.