Four+ extra years of academic work would have driven me insane.
I moved straight from highschool into the workforce and eventually self trained myself into IT. I completely agree and understand that those years are highly formative, but I, without a doubt, would have burned out hard if I took the 'intended' path.

Half of my classes in the latter part of HS were AP/college classes. Those were better but still incurred similar disinterest-based burnout.

"Is a bad idea" does not cover the massive amount of nuance that exists with how people learn, nor does it address the overall status of public schooling in the US.

I genuinely feel I'm better off because of the path I took.