To answer your question I don't immediately think someone who claims to have a degree is full of shit about their degree. It takes a special kind of person to

To answer your question I don't immediately think someone who claims to have a degree is full of shit about their degree. It takes a special kind of person to blatantly lie about an easily verifiable fact. I assume that any capable HR department is going to call the college registrar when conducting the background check. In the Yahoo CEO case, I don't think he started listing computer science until after getting the job. Fizzbuzz failures happen because people don't code every day and can lose their edge in just a few weeks or someone did a degree that has very little practical material. Obviously, having a degree doesn't mean someone is a great programmer. Its just another tool to form a basis of trust. Obviously a lot of people do lie their way in and do nothing or do negative work. That's why a lot of companies are so awful to work at if one is serious about their profession and actually trying to move things forward.