@FourOh-LLCSomeone's gotta explain to me how these jobs are considered "the trades", but programming or any sort of IT work isn't considered a trade. Like it's not "the trades" unless it's mostly physical labor @cjd
Learn a trade like an electrician, plumber, bricklayer and earn the money you would spend on college. You might find you don't need college, and then you have the cash down to start a business.
Don't go into STEM, they're gonna throw away your resume anyway.When you graduate high-school, go intern at the regulator which regulates the company you want to work for.