> Would you be willing to name names? Outside of government and defense contractors I personally have not run into any blocks from not having a degree, There a

> Would you be willing to name names? Outside of government and defense contractors I personally have not run into any blocks from not having a degree, There are _so_ many places where a degree is a must that it's better to ask which institution will happily accept you without a degree without complications (besides the obvious Google and Tesla). But to give you an answer: lots of hospitals, lots of defense contractors. Me, I was hired by a hospital as a researcher, but there were a great many complications about the pay (my boss said he wanted to pay me more but couldn't). And, suppose you wanted to emigrate somewhere, say Belgium. It turns out it's just easier to do it if you have a degree than not. You encounter these issues in places you'd least expect them. Just for convenience sake I'm considering getting one.