First off don't feel bad. I have multiple degrees, make good money, yet I envy your day to day work! My goal now is to, in the next 10 years (I'm 35) to buy a large tract of land to live on. I want my own farm, not to the extent of what you do but a farm none the less.
I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of people in my career (sales) and can honestly say that some, if not most of the brightest individuals I have met have never set foot on a campus. These are the guys that the "educated" people turn to to make things work. I think high schools now days push college on to many kids. It takes a well rounded work force to make this country work efficiently. Today there is a huge short for skilled labor.
