Your friends can’t know if you are underpaid or overpaid. They can’t know what your job expects of you, or who and how talented your coworkers are. But you can

Your friends can’t know if you are underpaid or overpaid. They can’t know what your job expects of you, or who and how talented your coworkers are. But you can always attain whatever level of education you feel you want to have. It doesn’t stop at school. And CS is one of the best fields for self-education. All you need is a computer. You don’t need a clinic, a laboratory, a rocket, etc. Seriously, you can far exceed what MIT teaches to undergrads, it just might take a year or two of reading and experimenting with your own programs on your own time. People (and employers) definitely won’t think you’re unintelligent or lazy if you are demonstrably more accomplished than your peers.