Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out about a century ago that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.
I have a Ph.D. in cell biology. And that's really manual labor. I mean...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.
