> by my reading list you'd think I was university-trained but I'm not. Sadly, this may be the cause more than anything else. Degrees are a very quick signal. T

> by my reading list you'd think I was university-trained but I'm not. Sadly, this may be the cause more than anything else. Degrees are a very quick signal. The author may be doing as equally well as candidates with degrees, but the degree becomes a tie-breaker.