It might be more "specialty-related" than geographically-related. I work in the same field as Thomas (security), am from Boston, and have had largely the same e

It might be more "specialty-related" than geographically-related. I work in the same field as Thomas (security), am from Boston, and have had largely the same experience as him about degrees. I've also built security practices for three organizations, and can attest that not only is education not a positive hiring factor, it's at best neutral.