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> Because there is no circumstance where having an undergraduate degree makes you worse off than not having it.

Depending on where you live, one could make the argument that there is some opportunity cost associated with spending 4 years in school along with the debt that would possibly come with it.

I went the route of quitting school and becoming a developer full-time as I felt the experience was more valuable than sitting through pre-requisites I wouldn't ever use, the standard "Rocks for Jocks" geology courses for example, or sitting through a CS lecture and hearing things I learned as a young teenager.

At the end of the day, the OP has to weigh his options and determine what is best for him. However, as someone who took the option of not attaining a degree and instead went straight into my career: It is possible, it just isn't for everyone.