It appears a somewhat counter-argument is about getting high salaries and the corresponding positions without having to go into debt or at least invest the time

It appears a somewhat counter-argument is about getting high salaries and the corresponding positions without having to go into debt or at least invest the time and money into getting a degree. As we all know, student loan debt is a very real issue. Some of those people might feel they aren't missing anything, where in cases like yourself, there is a need to find out what they might be missing or a sense of wanting to be publicly viewed as a true equal in the field.