I work at an engineering firm and that is so true. All the schooling and a professional engineering (PE) certification that if a mistake is made with your stamp

I work at an engineering firm and that is so true. All the schooling and a professional engineering (PE) certification that if a mistake is made with your stamp on it results in you personally not being able to practice for a long time or never again. I see these young, brilliant engineers working on really cool stuff that I also work on, but I am not an engineer. I am self-taught, never finished my physics degree, and went and did whatever job struck my fancy: welder, machinist, IT (been coding since 1978 on Commodore PET 2000), project management, museum art handler, underwater hydraulics and electrical work (senior manager at a water show in SE Asia), ropework (just did a 300 foot drop inspecting a facade, and I am 56 now), entertainment engineering, owned my own design/build shop doing animations, displays, events, stage, TV, etc., 3D work in Prisms (now Houdini), etc... I followed my bliss as J. Campbell would say. Yes, sometimes I was earning way lower than my potential, but I gained knowledge and experience. Besides, I have been making a very good salary starting about 15 years ago. COVID has pushed me to setup a smaller version of the rapid-prototyping, mechatronics, design/build setup I once had, except now on a desktop scale as a side interest, hobby, and potential income earner. I know why the others stayed at your company. I had offers for silly money overseas, but when I saw it was a bunch of networked, low-producing, cocktail-party chameleons who I could not learn from, or enjoy their company, I passed. Life's short. Do what fulfills you and still supports you and your family. Your needs adjust when you are happy!