Practical experience outweights credientials by literally infinity, but if your goal is to get hired ( his step 4 ) credentials is more important than skill. So

Practical experience outweights credientials by literally infinity, but if your goal is to get hired ( his step 4 ) credentials is more important than skill. Source: I'm a senior dev who's worked ~15 jobs and this was my experience. I will agree that a case study and/or metrics/numbers might outweigh credentials. My current theory is employer name recognition>culture fit>skill>credientials in the interview process. Maybe an unrelated topic, sorry If I'm off topic. tl;dr: thanks for the idea of using a case study in an interview... /me steals the idea