>Would they rather have an extra year of experience of me running my own company and building and pitching most of the software for it, or would they rather see

>Would they rather have an extra year of experience of me running my own company and building and pitching most of the software for it, or would they rather see a really fancy degree? If you're interviewing with software startups, it's a tossup. If you're interviewing with 'normal' companies, the degree is unquestionably worth more. I decided to do the 9-5 thing for a while after selling my last company, and I had to seriously downplay my entrepreneurial experience to even get interviews.