Interestingly out of the dozens of people I have worked closely with over the past decade the best workers have been the self taught (degree or no degree). I ha

Interestingly out of the dozens of people I have worked closely with over the past decade the best workers have been the self taught (degree or no degree). I have had the misfortune of making quite a few mistakes of hiring "excellent" post-grads with a first in CS or a related field who are totally useless without the university structure around them. I have also learned that not everyone is lucky enough to have gone to university for one reason or another, that does not stop them being brilliant though. There is a lot of snobbery around having a degree (and more so having a Masters these days) which is a great shame.