I can assure you there are correlation/causation issues with those stats. I come from a demographic and gene pool of people likely to hold degrees--aside from m

I can assure you there are correlation/causation issues with those stats. I come from a demographic and gene pool of people likely to hold degrees--aside from me everyone in my 6 person family has at least a bachelors and my girlfriend has a masters. However, despite no degree, I had no trouble obtaining a lucrative career as a developer.