Credentialist elitism seems to have a stronger hold in Germany than in the US. To be sure, it exists everywhere to some degree or another, but the US also respe

Credentialist elitism seems to have a stronger hold in Germany than in the US. To be sure, it exists everywhere to some degree or another, but the US also respects those who perform even if they don't have the paper (e.g. Steve Wozniak, John Carmack, etc).