With respect, this says more about you than it does about your lack of degree. In our field, not having a degree is no longer stigmatized. I can immediately th

With respect, this says more about you than it does about your lack of degree. In our field, not having a degree is no longer stigmatized. I can immediately think of five people who dropped out of college (or never even attended) and now make $300k+ per year in salary. None of them are famous. None of them got rich with a startup. They just worked hard in places like Google. These are people I have met or worked with who followed a typical career progression to its logical mid-late career conclusion. I don't know what the reasons are that you never caught up to your colleagues with diplomas, but I can tell you that it's not your lack of diploma holding you back.