I started working as a software engineer without a degree. I don't know about apple in particular but my current job had a degree listed as a requirement but di

I started working as a software engineer without a degree. I don't know about apple in particular but my current job had a degree listed as a requirement but didn't actually care when I applied. I'd wager that having a degree listed as a requirement reduces the amount of lowest quality applicants and that's the only real reason why some significant portion of companies don't actually care if you have the degree.