Surgeons, sure you need relevant education. But pilots, do you require them to have a degree in flying, or aeronautics? Sure they have to be licensed, but that'

Surgeons, sure you need relevant education. But pilots, do you require them to have a degree in flying, or aeronautics? Sure they have to be licensed, but that's different from having a degree in the subject - which is what the original question was. As for being a member of a relevant organisation, I think that comes down to what you are working on. If I had a mission critical* piece of software (used in military, medical, lift mechanism etc) then I would specify that all employees need to have certain minimal credentials. Am I going to be better at my job coding up some websites which just provide some info, probably not. Anyway, IMO titles are meaningless in this industry, the ability to do the job is far more important. *subjective, I know.