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He'd be crazy to start on his own straight out of art school.
Although you might think you've got a mature head on your shoulders when you first leave, you really don't!
A few years of working for an agency is the best thing to learn the ropes in the industry, it'll also help him with making contacts too.Starting out on your own means starting off with no clients and no experience and no decent commercial portfolio - the latter of which is essential for attracting prospective clients.
Having said that, if he's been working through college doing a lot of stuff on the side and already has some clients then he could take the chance?
Or just work for a company for a few years and do fun stuff on the side that he wants to do - knocking out flyers and stuff like that or small work for startups or small businesses that don't have the money to go to a larger agency (that way he won't get into trouble at his full time job as there is no conflict of interest as it's different ballparks).