Our S was published in a geology and one or more EE articles from volunteer & paid research did in college. None since. He’s not in an academic setting. We have urged him to get a grad degree but he has no interest and we respect his choice. I have a professional degree—H has none but never missed it.
S’s savings are about 6x what mine were when I was his age in the mid-1980s. His salary is about double or more than what I earned with my professional degree and many times what H earned at his age. He’s traveled more than both of us combined already.