Interesting read. It is, indeed, rather silly. re: "doing recruiting for top Bay Area startups. For the kinds of companies, I recruited for..." What about the

Interesting read. It is, indeed, rather silly. re: "doing recruiting for top Bay Area startups. For the kinds of companies, I recruited for..." What about the other 90% (or whatever it actually is) of software jobs out there? People like me, who have dropped out of college multiple times, come from families without money or connections, and don't want to live in the Bay Area or SV, will be applying to a whole different class of company and will probably face a much different hiring environment. Personally, that's what I'm more curious about in the context of educational certification.