I see this in my step mother. My family isn't very high in social standing, but she has a nursing degree and a long well paying career, better than anyone else

I see this in my step mother. My family isn't very high in social standing, but she has a nursing degree and a long well paying career, better than anyone else in my family. Now that I have a CS degree with similar pay, she pays me respect but still tangentially riffs on things she only half understands.