> ... I don't see the diploma as evidence of what they know but as evidence that they could learn, quickly. It's a better evidence that they can follow steps

> ... I don't see the diploma as evidence of what they know but as evidence that they could learn, quickly. It's a better evidence that they can follow steps to complete something, but is not a good indicator of the one thing I value in SEs: being self-directed in tackling a problem. Also this varies a ton by sub-industry, over in games we don't care about degrees at all, just demonstrated work. Once you move on the sliding scale over to the larger corps it starts becoming a checkbox for HR that won't get you through the filter(most of the time).