Your example of Bill Gates is flawed in that he birthed his own corporation from his own ingenuity and had above average intellectual capacity.
A High School education is worthless. A college degree indicates you are trainable and have the capacity to stick with something but still stops short of actually proving your real ability and ultimate value.
I wouldn’t hire anyone without a Bachelor’s for a professional position. And mommy and daddy didn’t pay for my 4 year sheepskin, I earned it the hard way and it took me 8 years. If this poor boy could do it debt free then anyone can.
Your example of Bill Gates is flawed in that he birthed his own corporation from his own ingenuity and had above average intellectual capacity.
That truth is what has always been a central part of the American culuture prior to the cleansing of multiculturalism which dictates requirements of elitism.
It is great that you got a college degree! I plowed the row next to you for my formal education and I have made sure my sons have not had it easy, too. But when I promote people in my business, it has totally to do with their working track record; their demonstrated character, talent and abilities; not their degrees and not their foreigness or body type.