Would love to, both out of interest and out of a belief that it might one day improve the world. But it's not happening. I have 20+ years of experience as a sof

Would love to, both out of interest and out of a belief that it might one day improve the world. But it's not happening. I have 20+ years of experience as a software engineer, but I don't have a degree, so anything that has even a whiff of academia rejects me outright. Not to mention that it would involve a big paycut over fintech.