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@General_Lucifer
Finish the course. It's a dull option, but it's a decent 'fall back' plan if everything goes tits up.
I went for the easy cash option when I was younger and hitting my head on the glass ceiling of earnings was quite a fucking shock, I can tell you. Now I'm looking at a fucking tall hill of re-training whilst still working AND trying to be a decent parent, all at once.
You can do the course and still have shit loads of fun, no problem. If you're 17 and studying part time and working part time there's still a lot of time left over for fucking around, if you're struggling you're doing it wrong!
It might sound fun to 'live for today' and just get by on minimum because cash isn't so important, but once you rack up some serious financial commitments (wife, kids, house, car) the older you will look back on the younger you and either call you a lazy cunt or a wise young man. I was a lazy cunt and ended up in a job I hate.
A good third option for you would be to drop this sparky course and find one you actually want to do. 17 is really young, but it's a fucking horrible age in that the decisions you make now will have serious repercussions in the future. Find a trade you ACTUALLY want to do and stick at that, but don't lob it all in to ride your bike and pick mushrooms. Any knob head can do that, and you don't strike me like a knob head.
I know I sound like your dad, but I'm probably old enough to be your dad.
Know get undressed, it's bath time.
starts to undress too