@NotWackJack The joy of the prospect of working yourself to the bone to, maybe, retire for the last stretch of life. It's whack and doesn't have to be this way.
@smellypastagirl My spouse is a librarian. I absolutely understand them needing a degree. But depending on the library, for the assistants/aides not necessarily.
Depends on their duties. At the library they direct, it's small so they mostly handle patrons, reshelf books, stuff like that.