>On the other hand, there are pretty strong developers who do not have degree (i.e. smart drop-outs). I think you might know better than I, but I don't think y

>On the other hand, there are pretty strong developers who do not have degree (i.e. smart drop-outs). I think you might know better than I, but I don't think you have to drop out to be a great developer. Let's be honest, a degree by itself is almost meaningless outside the hard sciences, engineering, and perhaps whatever you would call the 'job-training' degrees (accounting, nursing, pharmacy, etc). There's degrees where you have to figure out how to get things done on your own, and there's degrees that are mostly about learning how to say what's politically correct.