I got a MSc in Controls Systems, spent over a decade getting crap pay for highly technical and extremely stressful work, then made a conscious decision to go to

I got a MSc in Controls Systems, spent over a decade getting crap pay for highly technical and extremely stressful work, then made a conscious decision to go to the bottom of the software Eng ladder and climb my way up. Ended up getting 3-4x the pay for 3-4x less stress.