While many of his peers juggle student loan debt and uncertain job prospects, 23-year-old Jacob Palmer of Concord, North Carolina, is debt-free and running a nearly six-figure electrical business.
After high school, Palmer tried online college during the pandemic. "School looked drastically different doing online classes and Zoom calls. It felt very intangible," he told Fortune. He added that it didn't work for him and that he hated it.
