At this point I've learned a little bit about exactly this. If you work at a large company, grad degrees are somewhat essential. On the other side, no one can t

At this point I've learned a little bit about exactly this. If you work at a large company, grad degrees are somewhat essential. On the other side, no one can take an education away from you. Having said that, I know many cs grad students who know little and couldn't bootstrap a startup like self taught autodictacts.