I don't know how the programming climate in UK, but here in west coast US, I am almost always the only one who have computer science degree in the team. But, m

I don't know how the programming climate in UK, but here in west coast US, I am almost always the only one who have computer science degree in the team. But, most of my coworkers (who don't have degree) are fantastic hackers, wielding /usr/bin like magician, appending to fifo as hack-around, compiling xen kernel from source, etc. So, don't get discouraged. If your situation is agile (being single or without children), move to big city, embrace its big-cityness, and enjoy its salary.