> It really bums me out and constantly thinking about it is starting to wear me out mentally. Putting my career on hold for a few years to go back to school has

> It really bums me out and constantly thinking about it is starting to wear me out mentally. Putting my career on hold for a few years to go back to school has a very high opportunity cost right now, and even if I were to do that I would still feel like a massive screw-up for going back to university in my 30s. At the same time, I feel like I'm throwing away my potential and my curiosity about deeper technical topics. Send me an email and lets call. I'll tell you my more or less similar story. The difference? I have a bachelor in CS and master in CS. Education credentials are worthless. Educate yourself and be able to showcase within 5 seconds that you're good at it, and you'll be fine. I know you're on a throwaway, so I get it if you don't want to (and I might not reply, my email is being swamped by spammers :( ). But as you can see from my comment history, I tend to be quite an open person and I have posted similar-ish questions under this account.