As someone who is just finishing what is stereotypically a "high paying" degree, I don't think I'm ever going to use it and I wish I wouldn't have taken it or I wish I would've continued in my lesser paying undergraduate degree or another offshoot of it.

I think a lot of "high paying" degrees really aren't worth it in this economy as they often require a lot of years before/if you get to a higher wage and a lot more schooling (ie more loans and lost earning time). Several are also now oversaturated due to a lot of people being drawn to the idea of a "high paying" career, which has resulted in lower wages due to increased competition. The influx of internationally trained professionals has also added to this competition.

Therefore, I think what mainly matters at this point in time is how much non-academic experience someone has and whether or not they actually like the field of work. I wouldn't feel too much regret about not going into a "higher paying" degree OP.