Just anecdotal but I observed a few dozen PhD's try to set up an OpenStack cluster. The end result was a bloated unstable unsupportable mess that had to be ent

Just anecdotal but I observed a few dozen PhD's try to set up an OpenStack cluster. The end result was a bloated unstable unsupportable mess that had to be entirely scrapped and started over by a new team one year later. I have witnessed the same hot mess by people forking Ansible and Chef for no good reason beyond because they can and it would look good on their CV and could give them some perceived job security. I would rather gauge a persons authority on a topic based on their professional experience and their actual revenue generating results vs. some thesis. Make such laws outside of totalitarian countries and people will just buy degrees or just lie. I've observed that as well. Plenty fake it until they make it knowing few will verify their degree. It just so happened that my last employers verified degrees, high school diplomas and much more. Plenty of companies do not verify anything. If you want a fun and quick exercise, search your favorite AI for CEO's and famous intellectuals that were high-school dropouts.