You're not playing the 2019 version of the US job market then. Admittedly you're probably looking at a year and leaving at 1-2 but turn around time for people w

You're not playing the 2019 version of the US job market then. Admittedly you're probably looking at a year and leaving at 1-2 but turn around time for people who make real money is nuts now. I would hire a former Google or Facebook tech/PM/etc over someone who has a bachelor degree from who-cares-it's-not-MIT. Higher education is a means to an end. Not an end itself (education itself can of course be an end, but not in the context of OP). Also if your stack takes 6 months to get stood up on you're moving too slowly (if you're not in a monopolistic position which, thankfully, I am). Most problems are not that complicated, 90% of your workforce is going to start as framework or CRUD peons anyway. It doesn't take 6 months to get stood up on a boring ass flask or django app.