> It's not perfect. But it makes me wonder why the CS and SE accreditations seem to have so little weight in this industry. That's easy, you can thank people l

> It's not perfect. But it makes me wonder why the CS and SE accreditations seem to have so little weight in this industry. That's easy, you can thank people like ESR and the hacker mentality and meritocracy myths for this. I appreciate the underlying idea, which is the same in every skilled based profession, which is that self learning and good skills are more important than formal education and accreditation. However, the two are not mutually exclusive.