My wife has said for a long time that the main reason for a position to require a degree, is to demonstrate that the candidate has subjected themselves to the p

My wife has said for a long time that the main reason for a position to require a degree, is to demonstrate that the candidate has subjected themselves to the process and bureaucracy of an educational institution, which is often designed to mimic the structure of your average corporate hierarchy. Given that I got kicked out of college because I simply was either too lazy to do the busywork, or too much of a rebel to please my professors, and she finished, but considers the net gain from the experience to be relatively worthless, I'd say she's pretty spot on. She also does better in your average 9 to 5 job than I do.