I got a degree later in life for a few reasons.

1: The obvious one, in a competitive environment, why would you ever want to handicap yourself for any reason? When they filter resumes, I don’t want to be filtered out in round 1.

2: It was a goal of mine and it felt really good to accomplish it. I will never pressure my kids to go to college, but I like that I can speak from a position of experience if they go in that direction.

Did it make me a better person? Do I feel more worldly? No. But it had some tangible benefits that well outweighed the “costs.”