As an engineer in the industry for going on 6 years with no CS degree, I don't like the fact that people can go to "college" and after they "graduate" from it,

As an engineer in the industry for going on 6 years with no CS degree, I don't like the fact that people can go to "college" and after they "graduate" from it, they expect to get the jobs that people with half a decade of on-the-job experience get. I don't think these people should be paid in to the same level as experienced engineers with proven track records. Working in the industry is the best investment to make at this time if you're not already part of a well-connected network of college graduates that can get you into old money, or work for a family member. (The above tongue-in-cheek should NOT be read as a defense of coding "bootcamps", as I think they're leading to a glut of barely-competent programmers flooding the market, but should be read as a criticism of degree entitlement. I know my algos, can calculate time and space complexity easily and correctly, have designed several mission-critical systems that have withstood the test of time, all without the college degree. At the very least a bootcamp'd developer will have some hands-on exposure to the tools being used in the industry today. A degree does not a competent engineer make.)