Right on. I see your point. Part of what I'm doing is taking some of the MIT OpenCourseWare classes, which yes, is mostly reading, but that seems to be a lot of what getting another degree would consist of, though without the research portion. A lot of it is that I'd really like to understand what I'm programming, why I'm programming it and how it's benefitting the community. I think having that knowledge allows you to look at the problems with much better sight and see those things that you might not think of or overlook otherwise.