to be jealous of people with a degree?

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I didn't go to uni I left school as soon as I could and started working and for the first while I was just happy to be earning money but in recent years I have felt more and more envious of people with degrees and post grad qualifications especially people who have studied things like philosophy, art, literature etc. It just makes me feel stupid not to have a degree sometimes I am actually quite resentful and envious of those better educated than me.

I have looked into going back but its impossible at this point in my life, I could do one later as sort of proof to myself I could do it but its not the same as starting out with one and building a life long career and I hardly has the focus to read a book so worry I'd struggle anyway.

I was lucky when I left school at age 15 in 1970 you didn't need a degree to get a good job, I worked my way up the ladder twice, from sales assistant in 1970 to oxford street store manager 10 years later and then when I got made redundant got a job in the despatch department of a local printing firm and am now at director level in the same profession, I really don't see how a degree would have given me a better life than I have had or a better salary than I have now. I am also glad my DS decided to learn a trade rather than get a degree, he trained as a plumber and now owns his own company