i make slightly less than the op, am self taught and have 15yrs of professional coding experience(only 7 i would classify as actual engineering - the rest being

i make slightly less than the op, am self taught and have 15yrs of professional coding experience(only 7 i would classify as actual engineering - the rest being flash bang wiz prototype in production bc market cap potential - but hey, thats show business). the difference however is i work ablut 28hrs a week(i am not self employed). my point being is you can make as much as you want if you try - i like my time off and still consider myself one of the lucky few degenerates of the golden age